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

Huge herds of Asian elephants can be seen walking, bathing, and just chilling at this Sri Lankan park.

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

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

The world's largest banyan tree is followed by a community of worshippers.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

The oldest Buddhist monastery in Mongolia has survived centuries of invasions, political shifts, and religious purges.

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

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

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

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

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

The "world's smallest volcano" has been used to store meals and dispose of dead bodies.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

An ancient temple to the Hindu god Shiva surrounded by jaw-dropping scenery.