The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

A journey to a hand-crafted island involves a trip across this lattice bridge.

A unique work of art that was created without permission.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

You can walk up Thailand’s naturally non-slip waterfall.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

This stave church nestled in the Catskills was built in the 1960s by a community of Ukrainian immigrants and refugees.

This Catskills museum preserves stumps from the earliest known fossil forest on Earth.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.