A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

The original movie set for the home of 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This beautiful defunct water tower adds a European flair to a traditional Japanese neighborhood.

A giant concrete Brutalist water tower in suburban Johannesburg.

Water-themed sculptures guard this unusually square structure.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

This water tower commemorates the invention of the transistor on this site in 1947.

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.

This seaside Scottish holiday rental lets you live out your bookselling dreams.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

This redwood is a historic landmark, a town’s namesake, and the dancing sideline symbol of Stanford University.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.