This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

An ancient tunnel in Jerusalem built to redirect water in the event of a siege is one of history’s great architectural innovations.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

This modernist building is the last remnant of an ambitious plan to restore a neighborhood.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.