Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

A mapping error in the 19th century made loggers think this section of the forest was underwater.

A futuristic climate change study is nestled deep within this public land.

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

An old curiosity shop holds on to a centuries-old tradition of manually-distilled rose water.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

The unusual stilted beacon is the town's only active lighthouse.

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.