Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

This hidden bridge is where local children leave gifts and messages for the island's fay folk.

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

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

A somber monument commemorates the site of a Native American reservation marked by suffering.

One of the largest cat sanctuaries in North America is considered a "Club Med" for felines.

The clock that sets them all.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

A research lab and hands-on museum where visitors can experiment with retro technology.

This Orthodox Church's exterior is rather unorthodox.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.