This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes.

The home of Ireland's last leprechauns is officially protected by the European Union.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

A secluded natural oasis hidden deep along a rainforest trail.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.