The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

The “Thumb” of Mauritius provides a 360 degree view of the entire country.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

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

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

This small Bavarian graveyard is filled with empty graves for German soldiers lost during the World Wars.

Each time a baby is born in Ghent, these streetlights flash in silent celebration.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.