According to a satirical conspiracy theory that persists today, this German city of 300,000 is a hoax invented by the CIA.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

This mysterious Sardinian festival sees a horde of blank-faced equestrians compete for tin stars.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

The world's longest covered bridge is a quaint and incredible wooden tunnel.

This weekly market in the remote oasis city of Hotan still has the atmosphere of the old Silk Road.

This French "sea of rocks" is packed with stunning rock formations and its own medieval castle.

Once known throughout Europe, this tiny and unusually progressive 18th century micro-nation within Lithuania now lies in ruins.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

A Singapore shrine to an unnamed German girl who has become a local deity.

A so-called Singapore junk store that is closer to a historical restoration center.

The largest pool at its elevation sits on top of one of the most expensive resorts in the world.

This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.

Postal archives over 150 years old offer a window into Singapore's culture and tradition.

One of the largest Chinese cemeteries outside of China spent years overgrown and forgotten.

Colorful umbrella-covered trees in Singapore's Little India look straight out of Dr. Seuss.

Brawny guys rolling around in oil is the oldest regular sporting event besides the Olympics.

Cliffs that hold fossils, including the earliest known reptile, dating back more than 300 million years.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

A notoriously corrupt Chief of Police's deteriorating Greek-themed playhouse.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

A distillery built on (and above!) mobster Dutch Schultz's Prohibition-era underground moonshine business.

This graceful little figure is a one-of-a-kind version of the cherished character.