An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

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

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

These gardens recreate unique and endangered Michigan habitats.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Only the face remains of this giant Buddha statue, which is said to be a source of luck for students.

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.

Mythical beasts symbolizing the city of Tokyo guard a historic bridge.