A forgotten graveyard lost in the tangles of an overgrown garden.

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard.

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

The whimsical steel spider lurking in the shadows of this suspension bridge shows that engineers can have a sense of humor.

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

The largest of only eight working transporter bridges left in the world.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.