Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This gravesite in the Amazon Rainforest was left behind by a failed Third Reich expedition.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

Over the course of its history, this tiny island has held enslaved people in transit and served as a quarantine zone. Today, it's a giant tortoise sanctuary.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

A remote island settlement off the coast of Tanzania is a storied archaeological site with an ancient past.

Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.

Once a year, ambitious surfers can ride the world's largest river.

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

The tombstone of an unfortunate explorer who disappeared in the Paris Catacombs.

Oversized versions of a beloved toy dot a children's playground in a Spanish toymaking town.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.