A museum dedicated to a unique ecosystem.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

The site of the first battle of World War II.

This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

One of the world's largest amber altarpieces is housed within this reconstructed medieval church.

Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.

Several 12th-century ruins can be found inside this historical market.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

Seven dragon statues—including one that breathes real fire—are scattered throughout the streets of Krakow.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

Legend holds that this knife serves as a chilling reminder of the deadly rivalry between two local builder brothers.

In the main dining room, a nine-ton boulder caps the fireplace designed by local architect Earl Young.

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

A phone booth crammed with books marks the path to a house-turned-bookstore in Alaska.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances. 

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.