The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

The Jesus tree of Malta bears a striking resemblance to Christ on the cross.

Ancient mysterious ruts carved in the bedrock.

At more than 5,000 years old, these structures are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.

These temples are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

The only surviving building of historic West Boylston, which was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

This modern medieval weapon of war was built to toss pumpkins.

Iceland's only steampunk shop imagines a retro-futuristic world that never was.