More than 100 antique vending machines housed in a used tire shop sell everything from candy to sake and ramen.

Seaside ruins of a settlement that date back to the first century B.C.

This humble bench is considered the most beautiful in the world.

The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.

This panoramic lift provides a futuristic ride up San Pedro Mountain.

A road that winds through this natural cave is the only way to access the small, appropriately-named village of Cuevas.

A historic Christian shrine nestled within a spectacular natural cave.

These ungulates have quite literally bounced back from the brink of extinction.

An out-of-place grove of sequoias thrives in northern Spain.

This magnificent brick dome was made with an unusual design method.

A small church ornamented with medieval erotic sculptures.

Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.

This futuristic observatory at the top of the Pyrénées offers unrivaled views.

Eccentric sculpture garden brings Basque mythology to life.

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.

This Navarrese cave's history of witchcraft and pagan ritual is not just embraced, but recreated each year.

The oldest operating roller coaster of its kind, the Montaña Suiza has been thrilling riders since 1928.

This tiny river island switches sovereignty every six months as part of a rare, centuries-old agreement.

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.

Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.

This abandoned but well-preserved Prussian fortress sits abandoned in a Polish forest near the German border.

This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.