Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

270 million year-old forest of stone.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.