This lost city belongs to one of the earliest civilizations in the world.

Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.

Destructive children, start your engines.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

The bridges portrayed on EU currency aren't fictional anymore.

A precariously perched golden rock defies gravity and brings pilgrims from across Myanmar.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

Baptisms in troughs and post-sermon rodeos at the world's biggest cowboy church.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

In Hong Kong, a fairytale flower tunnel is hidden within the gardens of a public housing complex.