This tiny German village has staked claim to being the center of the union following Brexit.

This highest peak in Idaho can only be reached by traversing a formation known as "Chicken-Out Ridge."

A busy island at the center of the world that doesn’t actually exist.

Thanks to a bit of wordplay, seven auspicious stone cats guard this ancient canalside street.

You can still find your way around Suzhou with this 800-year-old stone map.

The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown is now home to one of Canada’s largest contemporary art collections.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

The birthplace of the very first human resident born in Antarctica.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

Learn about the sweet, storied legacy of beekeeping in ancient Greece.

A dark, narrow tunnel that leads to a charming lake and waterfall.

One of the best places to dig—some say on the planet—for six different types of chalcedony.

Referred to as "the crappiest fountain ever," this sculpture has been splashing unknowing passersby since 1969.

A little-known, yet charming glacial lagoon.

A unique look into the bowels of a century-old funicular.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

A winding stairway to a secluded beach in a residential neighborhood.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.