Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

A planned settlement in Pennsylvania once housed the aristocratic refugees of the French Revolution.

Old 'Nutcracker' sculptures from 'Where the Wild Things Are' author found new life as a seasonal attraction.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

The way that light hits a stained glass window on a specific day is one of many "clues" to a mysterious treasure.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

The largest public collection of roses in the United States.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.

The oldest private residence in New York City.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.