Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

A Buddhist retreat built on more than 100 acres of California Redwood forest.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

One of the most colorful free outdoor attractions in San Diego, this park is filled with murals and ties to history.

The world’s oldest active sailing ship.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This bar is home to what's likely the oldest living jazz band in the world.

A temple complex has existed on this site since the third century.

The birthplace of modern China.

A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.

Erected in memory of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was born close to this spot, this statue commemorates the author and his famous detective.

A public art installation with a nautical themed poem, enhances this pedestrian street.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

These ruins are a hidden gem, complete with fantastic views over the cliff edge.

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.