A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

An ideal location for plane spotting in British Columbia.

The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.

The world’s largest underwater sculpture is found just off the coast of Nassau.

A safe place for the wild donkeys of a hot vacation destination.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

Small church built in the 19th century for whites and slaves to worship together.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "Dismalites" .

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.