A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

These mosaic designs promise a cure for headaches, toothaches, and colds.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.

An accidental trick of light casts the perfect shadow of a pilgrim of the Camino de Santiago against the cathedral wall.

Twice a day, the water of the Petitcodiac River flows upstream in a surfable wave.

A mysterious spot where the laws of gravity seem not to apply.

Go inside the house that inspired L. M. Montgomery to create one of literature's most beloved heroines.

Rusty red sands line the shores of this Canadian Province.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The largest hewn stone in history.

On the waterfront of Sydney, Nova Scotia, a 60-ft. fiddle greets incoming ships.