This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.

This amazing abuela became a diehard metal fan late in life and an icon of Madrid's '80s rock scene.

A discarded umbrella stand from a women's prison is an object of pride at a library that is dedicated to women's culture and achievements.

Open since 1690, this former teahouse makes “strength mochi” based on the centuries-old recipe.

An abandoned pasta factory in the centre of Bucharest, once home to Bulgarian revolutionaries and a hub of crime.

An old spa town in the mountains of Romania where, according to legend, the great hero Hercules once bathed.

Visit an imposing 13th-century Transylvanian fortress lurking not far from the region's more heavily touristed attractions.

This metro station doubles as an unintentional paleontology museum.

After sitting unused for decades, this abandoned communist infrastructure became a wildlife utopia.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

This 11th-century structure is one of the oldest churches in Romania.

This “grave” memorializes the 53 rakugo stories that were once banned by the national censorship.

Examine the impact of the horse on Great Plains culture through exhibits on ranching, rodeo, and the Native American way of life.

This municipal park along the Missouri River honors the galley central to the Lewis & Clark Expedition with a replica ship and sculptures.

A replica of a fort built from a frontier town's mass hysteria in the face of false reports of impending Native American violence.

A railroad lift bridge that was only lifted once and became obsolete before construction was finished.

Wally is the 26-foot-long fiberglass emissary for Garrison, North Dakota, one of the self-proclaimed (and hotly contested) Walleye Capitals of the World.

After fleeing the Syrian civil war, chef Malakeh Jazmati began serving exceptional renditions of her homeland's cuisine in Berlin.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

Competitors race wooden replicas of pungent blue cheese.

A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.