One of the last mosaic tile facades found in the city.

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

The Ryerss mansion in Burholme Park now houses a community library and a museum filled with a trove of oddities from around the world.

An abandoned incline railway site is now a green space with six acres of trails connecting hilltop neighborhoods.

Ornate and vibrant, this temple is a colorful place of worship for Columbus's Thai and Laotian communities.

A former infectious disease laboratory chronicles how tuberculosis shaped a village nestled in the Adirondacks.

Along a coast that sees the annual migration of humpback whales, a geological formation that takes the shape of a whale’s tail.

Explore the odd assortment of items that have washed up on the beaches of Plum Island.

This museum showcases the lives of Hungarian school children and their vintage toys.

This remote lake in Siberia supposedly contains a fearsome sea monster.

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

The coldest city in the world.

The world's second-largest excavated hole.

Dental instruments from the illustrious history of American dentistry.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

Once standing on solid ground, this slender beacon is a victim of the very shoreline it was charged with announcing.

A wealthy aristocratic family built this Disney-worthy, fairy-tale castle.

The 19th-century home of Count and Countess von Hallwyl is now a museum.