This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

This garden boasts a magnificent collection of orchids and a spectacular view of the surrounding valley.

Once owned by the largest employer in Colorado, these ovens have been abandoned for over a century.

This Rocky Mountain mansion was the luxurious home of the authoritarian leader of a company town.

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

The Lobotesis family has been baking some of the best savory pies in Athens since 1910.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

Chester Cathedral is home to a unique painting crafted on a canvas of cobwebs.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

The middle finger of modernity.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

Watch butterflies take flight before you fly.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.