Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

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

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

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

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

The stoutest tree in the world.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."