A sapling of the legendary tree where conquistador Hernán Cortés sat and wept after an Aztec uprising.

One of Europe's oldest yew trees has lived more than 2,000 years.

The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.

This belfry is all that remains of the town that was buried by a violent volcano eruption.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

An English artist has turned an unassuming ex-council house into a time-lost house of mystery.

Mexico's largest collection of masks is found in the ruins of an abandoned convent.

England’s ancient oak tree has such an impressive girth, people have been hosting parties within the hollow trunk for centuries.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

The pieces in this sculpture garden are made from demolished buildings that were once landmarks of Motor City.

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

At this Oaxaca contest, artists turn purple produce into stunning depictions of saints, buildings, and La Pietà.

A hidden tunnel leads to a medieval queen's shrine buried beneath a parking lot.

Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.

At Macon’s oldest cemetery two members of Allman Brothers are buried side by side.

This protected reserve is home to a rare and beautiful species of flower.

FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.

The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.