A former mining village that now operates as an open-air museum.

A former customs station on the border of Germany and the Netherlands.

A train car sitting on a rooftop makes an unlikely and picturesque setting for dinner.

A surreal botanical garden with an even more surreal tour guide.

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

One of the largest pagodas in Nepal is a 13th century testament to regional craftsmanship.

This charming stone church on the shore of Lake Tekapo is an icon in astrophotography.

A former drinking water storage reservoir transformed into a sunken garden.

More than 100 antique vending machines housed in a used tire shop sell everything from candy to sake and ramen.

A massive cave once a secret military base is now home to thousands of bats.

A Dutch museum preserves the world's most diverse collection of vertical slices of soil.

An impressive bridge over a ravine also served as an aqueduct.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

Everyone's favorite clay duo immortalized in bronze.

The site of a prison camp where Cypriot resistance fighters were held in the 1950s.

Sometimes known as the little Niagara Falls of the Philippines.

Rome is now home to a stunning food museum and library.

A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.

During World War II, a number of important sculptures and paintings were moved to this castle for safekeeping.

The famed literary character has a unique connection to this city.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

Take a stroll through the history of prams, carriages, and other ways we move babies around.

Thousands of bottles that have held everything from poison to perfume make up the collection of this small museum.

A 2017 crowdfunding campaign saved this historic castle from being destroyed.