This magnificent Japanese garden provides a moment of Zen in rural Vermont.

This memorial pays homage to the Royal Air Force squadron that breached two important dams during World War II.

One of the largest Chinese cemeteries outside of China spent years overgrown and forgotten.

You can soak in three relaxing pools filled daily by the tide.

This fountain was once heralded as the largest in the world.

The people of Padua pledged to construct this church if the city was spared from destruction during World War I.

The largest terracotta fountain in the world, built to commemorate Britain’s Victorian achievements.

The disdain for this dysfunctional dam is reflected in a giant pair of scissors painted on the concrete face.

The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.

Though an earthquake destroyed this village in 1980, one former resident still walks its streets every day.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

Crossing a suspension bridge above a forest is the only way to reach this 12th-century monastery.

This indie movie theater is one of only three surviving Mayan-themed theaters designed by “Detroit’s greatest theater architect.”

Constructed in 1857, mourners used these towers to burn offerings of paper prayers and gifts for the afterlife.

A signal indicates the entrance to this alley, rumored to be a meeting place for witches.

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

The crumbling remains of Juneau's explosives storage site.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The scene of a legendary hunt is displayed on this building's facade.

A sculpture of a blood drop designed to honor those that have donated the precious liquid.

This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’s immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

The oldest surviving one-room schoolhouse in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Touching this little fossil embedded in the wall of a grand mosque-cathedral may make your wishes come true.