This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

See hundreds of herons and egrets in the heart of the city in this dreamy hidden park.

Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

A modern-day cabinet of curiosities housed in a 300-year-old inn.

The mosaic floor of a 4th-century synagogue features a pagan zodiac wheel alongside traditional images of a Torah ark and menorahs.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

An ancient underground cultic temple where sunlight penetrates on the summer solstice.

Hidden out of public view in the National Library of Israel is a collection of "Stalag's," 1960s Nazi themed porno paperbacks written and consumed by Israelis.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."