Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle
Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.
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Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
The final resting place of two members of the infamous Doan gang, notorious outlaws and Revolutionary War Loyalists.
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.
Quakertown, Pennsylvania
The headquarters of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, complete with Rosicrucian pyramids, all in the Pennsylvania woods.
Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania
Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.
Kyoto, Japan
The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.
Kyoto, Japan
This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.
Kyoto, Japan
Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.
Jakar, Bhutan
According to legend, this temple was built to pin down the body of a demoness who lay across the Himalayas.
Tang Valley, Bhutan
This Bhutanese site is one of eight sacred locales established by a revered 14th-century Buddhist master.
Trongsa, Bhutan
An 18th-century Nepali-style chorten built to subdue demons and evil spirits.
Bhutan
A stupa built to protect Bhutan from evil forces and help bring peace to the world.
Bhutan
One of Bhutan's oldest temples was purportedly built to stop a giant female ogre from preventing the spread of Buddhism across Tibet.
Bhutan
This 17th-century Bhutanese monastery is ensconced in Buddhist legend.
Bhutan
Legend has it a sacred treasure hidden by an ancient guru was revealed with a burning butter lamp from these waters.
Punakha, Bhutan
This colorful overpass is one of Bhutan's longest suspension bridges.
Punakha, Bhutan
This penis-focused monastery is dedicated to Buddhism's "Divine Madman."
Trongsa, Bhutan
The largest and, arguably, most scenic fortress in Bhutan.
Thimphu, Bhutan
This garden is very fertile.
Thimphu, Bhutan
This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.
Dochula, Bhutan
The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.
Paro, Bhutan
The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.