Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

A teddy bear sits on a chair watching the sunset from the mountaintop—just as the late Dan Clancy had done since childhood.

No one knows for sure why this town's dead refuse to rot.

This antique farmhouse is one of Læsø's rare seaweed houses.

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.

The home of an eccentric Edwardian gentleman is packed to the rafters with handcrafted items collected over a lifetime.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

This stately mansion, built in 1787 by America's first Secretary of the Navy, is rumored to be one of the most haunted buildings in Washington, DC.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

A magical work of architecture where a wind turbine enables monks to levitate.

Villagers have recycled bomber fuel tanks from the Vietnam War and turned them into very, very strong boats.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

The largest drain hole in the world.

This village was once a thriving Soviet uranium mining center, but is now semi-abandoned and desolate.

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.