This little town supplies Japan with most of its calligraphy brushes, still made by hand from animal fur.

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

One of the world's oldest trees comes with a Welsh legend intertwining it with a spirit prophesying death.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

A seemingly inexplicable memorial honors a beloved Tampa fruit-seller.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

With nickel-steel armor and three-inch thick bullet resistant windows, FDR's train was a rolling fortress.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.