A large concrete replica of a 12th-century figurine.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

Perhaps the most beautiful of preserved saints, with a little help from Paris.

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.

Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

In the Hugging Tree Forest, lingonberry marshmallows, hot chocolates, and the best campfire lattes north of the Arctic Circle come to you.

This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

To fit bodies into this Renaissance crypt, they were first left to decompose in the crypt's rotting room.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

A tree that defies gravity grows in an ancient ruin.

A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.