An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

This neo-Gothic monastery offers a rare chance to witness the unique maned wolf right up close.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

A cargo of beautiful music.

A former bastion of Rajput chivalry, this massive hill fort is the site of legend and tragedy.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

England’s ancient oak tree has such an impressive girth, people have been hosting parties within the hollow trunk for centuries.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

An Archaeological Wonder of Peru, and the largest stone ruin site in the New World.