George Martin's Caribbean recording studio now rots within the shadow of an active volcano.

Legend says those who drink from this trickle of water are destined to return to Montserrat.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

A magnificent menagerie of oddities, including taxidermy cryptids.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

This three-story antique market and curiosity emporium claims to be "the largest singly owned antique shop in the Pacific Northwest."

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.

At this sweet shop, the descendants of a royal chef serve up the fudge-like dessert his ancestor invented for a king.

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

The marshy karst plain has reclaimed this beautiful 17th-century church.

Invading U.S. troops were first seen from this now-abandoned tower, leading to the Spanish-American War.

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

A semi-abandoned village destroyed by U.S. bombings during World War II dominates the valley of Turano.

Ancient stone dildos and other odd pieces of medical history are displayed at this quirky Cyprus gem.

This oasis-like spring in the Sonoran Desert is home to unique, endangered species.

This remote desert watering hole has a connection to a curious chapter of American history.