The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.