This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

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

A quiet country churchyard holds a monument to the last known sin-eater in England.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

This old mill and former police station now present a world-class collection of Orthodox iconography.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

Is this statue at Naumberg Cathedral the fairest of them all?

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

After a traumatic encounter with a six-foot eel, one Galway baker started making a daily loaf of sourdough in its shape.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

This hidden 13th-century tavern room has a few Shakespearean connections.

This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.