This Jewish bakery, among the last in the region, sells legendary sweets from a century-old storefront.

The site of a famous samurai duel.

Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.

The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.

Three plaques mark the spot where the "forgotten father of broadcasting" worked.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

The remains of this castle, known as the Witch’s Eye, watch over the Thur Valley.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

Located off a bustling strip, a silent teahouse employs workers with hearing- or speech-related disabilities.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

This ancient fortress was once the setting for a strange battle won with the help of a lizard.

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

This ancient Visigothic church might hide an ancient treasure.

An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.

The location of the world's first telescope demonstration.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

This ancient burial site was once thought to be the home of a race distinctive to Ainu folklore.