The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

The oldest Buddhist monastery in Mongolia has survived centuries of invasions, political shifts, and religious purges.

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

The largest piece of no man's land left on Earth.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

This lake in northwest Iran has started turning from green to red more frequently than scientists are comfortable with.

The hollow trunk of this 650-year-old tree was used as a hideout by two Jewish brothers during World War II.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

From under the bed of one of the co-founders, this server helped launch the notorious file-sharing website.

This network of tunnels housed an entire village for years, and even had a hall for screening movies.

The giant Siberian crater known locally as the "doorway to the underworld" is expanding every year.

The Arctic Circle runs through this isolated spot north of Iceland.

One family's mission to exemplify sustainability took on a whole new life as a surprisingly beautiful home.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

The painted and decorated towers of this Hindu shrine were once the tallest structures in one of the oldest cities in India.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.