This gold mine–turned–swimming hole is the perfect summer picnic spot, immersed in nature and history.

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

A small alleyway with an unusual moniker.

A century-long search for a church that was never there.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

A 22-million-year-old sandstone cave is a natural habitat for award-winning cheese.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Called the "Armenian Stonehenge," this ring of menhirs pierced with holes may be a prehistoric astronomical observatory.

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

An underground nightclub helped spark a "Singing Revolution."

This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

This small corner bar is home to a rare 1930s dance organ that still plays tunes for one Euro.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

An abandoned underground bathroom is now a space for public art.