Come for the bread-themed puppet show, stay for the buffet.

A former factory now pays tribute to a local industry fueled by sardines.

This sprawling collection hides many charms.

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

This snack factory boasts several tributes to its popular line of rice crackers, including a quasi-shrine.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

A stone copper was sculpted on the wall of the Carlisle Cathedral to honor a local hero.

A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.

Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.

The sophisticated hydraulic system of the Nazca civilization.

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.

A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

A lavish 16th-century mansion filled with spectacular staircases, fantastic frescoes, and gorgeous gardens.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.