A ghostly mansion in the middle of downtown Tunis.

A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

The highest tides in the world come in and out here twice a day, allowing you to essentially walk along the ocean floor.

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

This small, nautical gift shop is home to a 500-pound behemoth.

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

This Algerian sweet shop serves confections in an eye-popping array of hues.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

Unusual rock formations eroded into a landscape of stone beasts.

Once a year, ambitious surfers can ride the world's largest river.

A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

The woman who helped save 15th-century France was born in this humble home.

The two locations of this landmark ice cream shop scream pure Americana nostalgia.

A series of magical limestone formations along the coastline of the country island of Antigua.

Housed in a 1912 architectural masterpiece, this outlet of the Golden Arches is a real beauty.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.