Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

Peek into the world of those creating the beautiful, delicate paper parasols found all over the globe.

You'll never meet anyone this passionate about elephant droppings.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

A remarkable range of flora and fauna are represented in this Dominican nature preserve.

Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.

The first hospital in the New World.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.