Every autumn, this grove of living fossils erupts in a blaze of brilliant golden-yellow leaves and stinky fruit.

A portrayal of two lamps embraced and in love.

Opened in 1932, this theater in Stockport's Mersey Square is a bonafide Art-Deco gem.

A downtown filled with nearly deserted historic buildings was revived as a pastel paradise.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

Switzerland's oldest public observatory is an important part of the Zurich cityscape.

This gorgeous Peranakan mansion’s family heritage includes a century-old baby gate, which was also used to keep out irresponsible husbands.

A peaceful lake garden and nature reserve in the middle of a residential colony in Pune.

A railway, a waterway, and a roadway all in one, suspended over a rushing river.

The ruins of a 15th-century tower house.

The first German gnome who popularized the garden decoration.

A little-known, yet charming glacial lagoon.

This structure, built more than 60 years ago to manage devastating seasonal floods, is known to attract a rare species of freshwater dolphin.

One of the best collections of Byzantine art housed in a magnificent, 19th-century neoclassical home.

For one month, the fields and skies of Gibbon, Nebraska, come alive with one of the largest gatherings of sandhill cranes in North America.

A cenote sitting in the middle of a parking lot shows the Yucatán Peninsula at its most urbanized.

One of the most photographed locations in the entire city.

This rural water utility building houses a tribute to one of the greatest stars of the silent film era.

It is rumored that if you spot this little golden frog hiding in plain sight, good luck will come your way.

A timber transport car and a team of horses were needed to carry this lookout to the top of Mount Tarrengower in the 1920s.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

An open-air museum exhibiting a total of 52 century-old buildings, recreating Hokkaido’s “pioneer village.”

This Buddhist temple is home to a number of towering statues spread over a peaceful wooded park.

This urban park is home to monkeys and a number of endangered plants.