A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

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

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

The most confusing clock in New York.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.