The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

A single room pays homage to the prodigious achievements of the 30th President of the United States.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

A quiet spot commemorating two naturalists who had to choose between love and the university at which they both taught.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

This ancient fortress was once the setting for a strange battle won with the help of a lizard.

This unassuming tree stump reportedly traces its roots to the famous pharaoh queen's reign.

A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.

The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.