A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

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

This odd 1930s shop remains stranded in time and shrouded in mystery.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

A quarter mile off the coastal tip of Maine you'll find the "Beloved Island" of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

An eccentric aristocrat brought these Australian natives to their current Scottish home.

Natural stone arches form a walkable "cathedral" at low tide, then disappear entirely when the water returns.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

A portable, wooden replica (minus the hyphen) of Hamburg’s iconic crooked coffee shop.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.