The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

The world's spiciest ice cream comes from Glasgow.

This salad has two key ingredients: hearts of palm and green ice cream.

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

A perfectly circular stronghold constructed in the 10th century is now a nucleus of Viking culture housing a museum, village, and reenactment of an epic Viking battle.

A historic steam train meanders along one of the most scenic rail routes in Germany's Black Forest.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

This ancient walled garden turns fog into food.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.