Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.

Once the extravagant escape of the Ford family, this enigmatic ruin now stands as a haunting reminder of its former glory.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.

A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.

Home to some of the last true noodle artisans in New York.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

The last water-powered mill in Oregon is open daily for free tours and has a surprising history.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

For more than two centuries, this family-run establishment has been serving up some of Ireland's best oysters.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.