Once the site of a 12-century monastery, this tiny island is now home to only five permanent residents.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

One of the most valuable palace-garden complexes in the eastern borderlands—and one of the most haunted.

A train station decorated by a giant replica of an ancient Shakōki-dogū figurine.

This mesmerizing medieval monastery-cave complex sits thousands of feet above ground overlooking a valley.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

A collection of more than 10,000 racist objects that teaches the atrocities of social injustice and intolerance in American history.

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

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

Come for the fish sundae, stay for the collection of Studio Ghibli cat buses.

In a dry, neglected cemetery lies the unassuming grave of a soldier vilified in life but celebrated in death.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

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

Explore a traditional Albanian dwelling that pays tribute to the region's rich history.

Yup, that's a 330-foot yacht passing over the highway.

The final resting place of some of Staten Island's earliest settlers and their descendants.

A three-table eatery sits inside the home-kitchen of a seafood virtuoso in Bangkok's Chinatown.

This scenic fortress dates back at least 2,400 years to the time of Magna Graecia.

This recipe is set in stone.