A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

This colonial fort is an intriguing example of Renaissance military architecture.

Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Strolling through these vintage locomotives offers a surprising amount of insight into the history of Kenya.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

A mysterious air force base built to resemble a Long Island fishing village.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.