The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

An unexpected and peaceful oasis on a hillside.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

The oldest home in Huntington Beach, the farmhouse is a monument to the region's pioneer past.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.