Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

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

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Deep in the Ocala National Forest, a lonesome 19th-century grave.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.

The studio of Catalonia's most famous theatrical designer remains exactly as he left it.

This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.