On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

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

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

In the Hugging Tree Forest, lingonberry marshmallows, hot chocolates, and the best campfire lattes north of the Arctic Circle come to you.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

Murder scene memorialized in perpetuity by grisly obelisk.

A tombstone on the grounds of the royal castle marks the burial site of a Swedish king's beloved dog.

An ancient tree that was once the favorite of a young Swedish royal.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.