This neighborhood was built in the golden age of Art-Decó, and its buildings are essential to understanding this style

The peace and seclusion of Kyoto’s “Moss Temple” is no accident.

This disused railway station is a beautiful lost place with a Victorian foot bridge and some graffiti.

Scenic semi-abandoned bridge with easy access

The biggest mirror ball in the world

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This boat represents the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, and progress and freedom for Iceland.

A fragment of one of history’s most famous walls stands as a reminder of unity in a culturally divided city.

This departure gate in Austin's airport sends travelers to over 120 imaginary destinations.

A monument to a beloved aquatic folk hero in the Irish town of Dingle.

Three wooden middle fingers raised in protest.

A tiny village church in dramatic surroundings.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.

Native Australian lizards inhabit this garden celebrating Sydney and its sister city in China.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

A gorilla holding a VW Beetle isn't what you'd expect in rural Vermont.

The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.

Lake Champlain Bridge, the recently demolished and rebuilt bridge where they filmed "What Lies Beneath".

This crumbling industrial fortress has attracted daredevils, filmmakers, and historians.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.