A railway bridge leading nowhere stands lonely in the middle of a meadow.

Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

Great Britain's only hat-making museum.

An ode to the classic piece of British street furniture.

A retro walk through the history of the tube.

A stick-sprouting statue watching a duo of disembodied dancing deities.

The smallest restaurant in the world.

Yemen's "Stone Palace" looks like it was carved right out of the tall stone column on which it is built.

This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.

A mesmerizing reservoir nestled at the heart of a pre-Islamic Yemeni village.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.

The bridges portrayed on EU currency aren't fictional anymore.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

The largest brick bridge in the world.

Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

A small museum of antique transport that's a must-see for bicycle lovers.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

These 40,000-year-old stenciled hands are older than the famous cave art in France and Spain.