This restored 17th century "conduit house," often mistaken for a watchtower, actually supplied water to nearby Bolsover Castle.

Yo, Adrian!

The knock-off oil painting capital of the world.

Home of controversial poet priest who penned the words for the Austrian national anthem used in the 1930s.

A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

Take a giant yellow bird cage to the top of Elba's highest mountain.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

This isolated community does not want you to visit.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

These crude contraptions were used to aid in the mining of lead, silver and gold.

This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.

A modern-day wunderkammer dedicated to Indianapolis history, Afrofuturism, and musical vibrations.

A partially hidden wall graffitied by spectators of the 1976 Bicentennial, recently rediscovered.