This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

A fire station-turned-church-turned-museum dedicated to the work of seminal light artist Dan Flavin.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

Underwater restaurant at the coral reefs of Eilat.

A secluded fortress from the days of the Crusades that offers breathtaking views.

Israel's premiere solar energy research facility provides energy to nomads.

A modern-day cabinet of curiosities housed in a 300-year-old inn.

Squeezing inside this deep, narrow canyon reveals a festival of desert colors.