For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.

This peaceful gem in upstate New York was chosen as the future home of the 14th Dalai Lama's Library and Museum.

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.

World's largest herd of white deer populate a former U.S. Army depot.

This statue commemorates the meeting of the most influential minds of the women’s rights movement.

A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.

The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.

A mummy and sarcophagus are part of the many wonders in this library's collection.

See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

One of the newest mosques in a city filled with thousands.

This elevator was built in 1907 to connect two neighborhoods separated by a steep, rocky cliff.

A little-known caravanserai hidden among farmhouses in the Turkish countryside.

Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

Balanced on four stone pillars, this historic tower was the site of a tragic political assassination.

This church houses the tomb—but not the remains—of St. Nicholas, the likely progenitor to Santa Claus.

An underground network of massive stone arches and their skylit vaults support ruins of portico structures above.

This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.

Remnants of successive wars and Muslim colonialism in the 11th century.

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

According to local legends, the shallow sandbar that allows visitors to walk across Orhaniye Bay has a tragic backstory.

This ancient abandoned church in a remote part of Turkey is in danger of falling over.

Quite possibly the oldest love poem known to humankind.