An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

The “City of Stairs” sits high in the Andes, above the world’s largest underground copper mine.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

A former factory hosts an amazing collection of Mexican marionettes.

Mexico's largest collection of masks is found in the ruins of an abandoned convent.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

At this Oaxaca contest, artists turn purple produce into stunning depictions of saints, buildings, and La Pietà.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

A parade of antique steeds offers a quirky ride through history.

The abandoned summer estate of the former Greek Royal Family.

Thousands of American timepieces on display in the former clock-making capital of the country.