Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

This community-driven organization uses education and eco-friendly technology to protect the environment.

Japan and South Korea both lay claim to islands inhabited by one woman.

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Tracking the 1,500-year history of Korea's star cabbage.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

This collection of reclaimed landmines acts as both an exhibition of their deadly history and as a shelter for children affected by them.

South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.

One man's lifetime collection of tiny objects of wisdom gathered from around the world, on display for public enjoyment.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.