This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.

The highest tides in the world come in and out here twice a day, allowing you to essentially walk along the ocean floor.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.

A quaint museum nestled in a former hub of Irish moss harvesting.

Rich with fauna and flora, nature-lovers can walk across the sea at this UNESCO World Heritage spot.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

A mesmerizing sculpture marks the site where the activist was arrested after evading capture for 17 months.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

This modern labyrinth lies in the shadow of a ruined medieval castle.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

The enormous earthwork sculpture honors the ponies that lived and worked in the old colliery.

A unique blue and yellow phone booth in America's "Little Sweden."

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.