This museum preserves over-the-top masterpieces that once qualified artisans for membership into a medieval guild.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.

Hanging over one of Japan's "hidden valleys," these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

The cuisine at this Sheepshead Bay spot tells the story of a displaced Muslim Chinese community.

After a traumatic encounter with a six-foot eel, one Galway baker started making a daily loaf of sourdough in its shape.

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.

This exceptionally well-preserved ancient marvel also houses a small museum dedicated to Jordanian folk tradition.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

Frozen in Norway, vended in Singapore.

These unconventional "tub boats" let locals row around the island's turbulent coast.

A medieval, mosaic-lined baptistry built by a heretical Christian sect.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.