The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Dilapidated ruins that once treated a notorious young serial killer, currently hosting vandals, squatters, and ghost hunters.

After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

This otherworldly French waterfall looks like its waters have turned to stone.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

Decommissioned NYC subway cars are dumped into the ocean to create this underwater wildlife habitat.

Picturesque ruins once held off mighty armies.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

A safe place for the wild donkeys of a hot vacation destination.

The haunting remains of a failed housing development can still be found behind the big box stores that were to anchor them.