A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.

An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.

A portable, wooden replica (minus the hyphen) of Hamburg’s iconic crooked coffee shop.

The extensive relics of an ancient Roman and Phoenician fish processing plant hide in a town park.

Have tea in a cemetery with a dazzling view of Istanbul.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

The heaviest gold coin ever minted.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

This Parisian café is dedicated to great tea and the art of knitting.

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Craft liquors concocted in an old Seattle warehouse.

This quiet neighborhood is also home to a 700-ton rock transported by the last Ice Age.

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.