Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

Constructed from recycled wrought iron railroad tracks, it's been described as the most beautiful seaside pier in England.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

A tiny, heartwarming piece of art hiding in plain sight.

This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.

A village on the east coast of England that has almost completely eroded into the North Sea.

Three million year old fossils are exposed for all to see on this Icelandic shore.

An 11th-century mountaintop fortress that played a crucial role in Italy's papal wars is now a vacation rental.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

Amazingly, this centuries-old wooden monastery is still standing today.

This burial mound is said to be the final resting place of Russia's first Viking ruler, Oleg of Novogrod.

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

A beautiful art space and unusual mini-hotel hidden in the city center of Dnipro.

This institution honors Nepal’s most storied warriors.

A remote island holds what claims to be Scotland's smallest cinema.

These mysterious religious carvings were once thought to be thousands of years old but are actually the work of modern eccentric.

Wonderfully preserved Victorian factory, complete with a preserved steam powered engine house.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.