A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.

The hollow trunk of this 650-year-old tree was used as a hideout by two Jewish brothers during World War II.

The celebrity luchadores of La Paz are tough ladies in traditional petticoats and braids.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

Admire endangered plants in a verdant garden that looks straight out of a Monet painting.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

An unusual sand beach in the middle of a forest.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

This modernist island church incorporates the Finnish nature into its worship practices.

The poet's been ambling through these New York woods since 1940.

An unusual house built using an iso-elastic membrane.

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.