The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

The odd cement nubs littering this Spanish square are actually the entrances to a series of buried silos.

One of only two civilian settlements in the desolate lands of chilly Antarctica.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

Amelia Earhart's possible place of death.

The birthplace of the very first human resident born in Antarctica.

Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.

While this is positively the smallest library in Canada, it aspires to be the smallest in the world.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.