One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.

This tiny 1930s Art Deco airport is a beautiful remnant of a bygone era.

Overshadowed by quilts, the artistry of these patterned textiles went underappreciated for too long.

A local prank turned town icon.

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

The painted and decorated towers of this Hindu shrine were once the tallest structures in one of the oldest cities in India.

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.

The world’s largest knitted mitten is displayed in one of Sweden’s smallest Arctic villages.

The remains of a deserted 1800s farming community can be found in Little River State Park.

Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

The town of Argleton has a postal code and appears on maps and even real estate listings, yet it does not exist.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

The famous facade of Grand Central Terminal hides a regulation tennis court, and it's not the first one.