The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

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

This museum showcases the art of ancient sword-making.

This life-size monument honors the legacy of a famous literary feline.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

In this small strip mall resides the largest collection of original art from the famed TV artist.

Starting with nothing more than discarded conch shells, one man has built an island/bar that would make Jimmy Buffet jealous.

This mesmerizing, colorful structure looks like a tent made from stained glass.

These towering cliffs jut dramatically from the middle of a barren desert.

Within the Saudi Arabian desert lies a 2,000-year-old ghost town made of stone and mud.

Village of slate houses, built on a white marble outcrop.

More than 100 monumental tombs carved into rock are preserved at this ancient Nabataean site in the Arabian Desert.

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.

Inaccessible by foot, Japan's most secluded train station sits in the middle of nowhere.

Many generations of travelers have passed through the steep, smooth walls of this canyon.

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.