This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

Art becomes an enchanting part of the environment at this wooded sculpture park.

A bold and controversial statue of a Christmas icon, blending adult undertones with playful humor, stands year-round in a traffic circle.

This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Puerto Rico's oldest rum producer started its 140-year-old business with "a little barrel."

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

The remnants of an abandoned, 19th-century gold mill along Aruba's rugged northeastern coast.

An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.

Everything in this two-story house—down to the mounted deer head on the wall—was carefully crafted from concrete.

A converted cattle farm is now a hub of art and theater surrounded by nature.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

A plaque on a rock dedicated to a famous, forgotten author, and put in an impossible place.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.