An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

An abandoned faux-pub made famous by a Guinness commercial.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.