This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

Legend has it the lovelorn tears of a princess and a shepherd boy formed the blue and green twin lakes in the Azores archipelago.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

Immortalized in bronze, this frazzled student will be glued to his screen for centuries.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

This historic library honors the legacy of the British Empire's first children's librarian.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

This giant roadside fruit is home to an array of apple-based treats.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

Jack White's record store is the only place in the world that records live shows direct-to-acetate.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.

This wooden chair dates possibly back to the 15th century, and commemorates a local legend.

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.

A tribute to the man who invented basketball stands in his Canadian hometown.

This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.

This public art is inspired by a local Aboriginal creation story.