This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

This 18th-century folly is one of Europe's rare "garden mosques."

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

A forgotten graveyard lost in the tangles of an overgrown garden.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

From Nazi chemicals to the CIA, this architectural marvel has played a fascinating role in German history.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

An agricultural research library housed in a former Odd Fellows Lodge.

Towering high above the neighborhood of La Candelaria, the church is easily recognizable by its distinctive red-and-white striped facade.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.

An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.