An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

A gardener's enduring labor of love is spread throughout a small Vermont town.

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.