Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Ornate "Renaissance Revival" style building.

Queen Anne style apartment house built in 1886.

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

Eurasia's most difficult place to hang out, and farthest point from sea access.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

This garden is very fertile.

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an eighth-century Buddhist master.

This penis-focused monastery is dedicated to Buddhism's "Divine Madman."

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

Trek up this glacier before it disappears.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.