Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

The tangled roots of a giant banyan tree have fully reclaimed the ruins of this abandoned warehouse.

"Polynesia on the Plains."

A rustic place to spend the night, complete with amazing quiver trees and outsider art.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.

Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.

A suburban museum tells the story of a historic transportation network and even provides rides in antique trolley cars.

This overlooked, beautiful convent hides an original Hieronymus Bosch among its many treasures.

Concentrated around the Dead Sea, these surprising canyons are filled with coursing water, fish, and even crabs.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

This abandoned mine and power plant was built atop land once given to Revolutionary War soldiers.

The village's cobblestone streets are lined with shops displaying exquisite copper craftsmanship.

An open-air museum of 18th-century homes and churches transported from various villages in Southern Poland.

This old medieval prison tower has been a site of astronomical research for more than 250 years.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.