This sacred fig tree with a link to the Buddha is one of the oldest human-planted trees in the world.

Every year, the town of Menton, France, turns lemons and oranges into giant sculptures depicting windmills, dragons, and more.

The fishing boats that moor in this small lagoon enter and leave through a tunnel to the sea.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

The "Paris of the Prairies" wouldn't be complete without a replica of the iconic landmark.

Come in, light some incense, and ignore the live snakes around you.

Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

A small museum in the Bay of Pigs gives the Cuban perspective on the famously failed U.S. invasion.

The vibrant buildings in the “capital of the comic strip” celebrate the art form that made it famous.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

This historic cemetery stopped accepting bodies before many Canadian cities were founded.

An operating lighthouse from the 1860s.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

A rare tour of a commercial jet assembly plant, held inside one of the largest buildings in the world.