This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage train station tiles.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

Mexican food and folk art.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.