Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

The "birthplace of insulin," where Sir Frederick Banting realized the hormone could save the lives of Type 1 diabetics.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

This beautiful 16th-century necropolis marks an astonishing feat in heritage conservation.

An ancient Incan convent on Lake Titicaca's Island of the Moon.

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

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

You'll find the little birds tucked within the rocks of this Australian beach.

A 22-million-year-old sandstone cave is a natural habitat for award-winning cheese.

This famed Silk Road oasis was one of the largest cities in the world before it was destroyed by a Mongol horde.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

The magic's in the hole!

Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.

You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

In the Manduri reserve of Sao Paulo, you can see the endangered black-horned capuchin monkey up close.

Located in Nairobi National Park, this animal orphanage is the oldest of its kind in Kenya.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.