Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

Few of the many visitors to this resort town know of its hidden Maya ruins.

The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.

One of Mexico's least-visited archaeological sites is tucked away inside a theme park.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

The building features one of the last remaining free-floating spiral grand staircases in the U.S.

Sleep beneath the big screen at this old-school movie theater.

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.