For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

The largest collection of the iconic wooden shoe in the world.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

A charming and enigmatic sculpture of a lynx haunts the park of Kellinghusen.

The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

One of the best-preserved wooden manor houses in Latvia, decorated with painted interior walls.

A train tunnel that was made obsolete by the dam it helped create.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

This weird, elephant-shaped rock also hosts two ancient tombs.

One of Gettysburg’s least visited battlefield memorials is off the beaten path, but worth a visit.

The Old Man of the Mountain’s less-famous, but still beloved little brother is said to resemble a leader of the Abenaki tribe.

This unassuming tree stump reportedly traces its roots to the famous pharaoh queen's reign.

The remote resting place of a notorious Wild West outlaw whose death is shrouded in mystery.

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.

This hole formed by a glacier is the largest and best-preserved of its kind in Stockholm.

A blunder resulted in these charming stone-lined streams becoming the target of a Nazi bombing.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.