"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

The remains of Alfred Nobel's first nitroglycerine factory can still be found on the shores of a Swedish bay.

The world's largest model of our planetary system.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

A whimsical menagerie of creatures carved into a 300-year-old tree trunk.

You'll find the little birds tucked within the rocks of this Australian beach.

Australia's largest medical museum featuring a 19th-century pharmacy.

An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.

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

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

Heavily bombed during the Vietnam War, this small town turns unexploded munitions into utensils.

This ruined temple's giant Buddha statue bears the scars of the Second Indochina War.

A tangible and sobering reminder of an atrocity that took place during a secret war.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.