Named after and designed by women, this unique cultural center is an early 20th-century mansion covered in a modern shell.

The rocks exposed at Valley of Fire State Park also occur in a much less known but equally spectacular area a few miles to the southwest.

The oldest civic library in Italy can trace its foundation back to 1619.

According to local lore, a flying dragon was blinded by a lighthouse and crashed, leaving a permanent mark on this island rock.

An attack on this gunpowder depot led to the start of the Philippine Revolution.

A family-owned store specializing in minerals, geodes, gemstones, and more.

This meticulously reconstructed early medieval settlement offers an immersive experience of daily life in an Anglo-Saxon community.

A bronze sculpture dedicated a man who transformed the town into a modern tourist destination.

Nestled on the banks of the scenic Otter Tail River, this mill stands in memorial of Minnesota's flour-filled past.

Home to a garden of poisonous plants and the only legal cannabis and opium farms in Tokyo.

For books about travel, whether factual or fictional, the perfect antiquarian does exist.

This site contains preserved ruins and industrial remnants of Western Australia's mining heritage.

Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?

The burial site of 16 men’s hair buns, which were lopped off in place of their heads.

This curious and colorful space invites visitors to delve into the hidden and often mind-boggling world of caterpillars.

The legacy of the Ohio-founded Fostoria Glass Company lives on in West Virginia.

This sculpture of a pylon is upside down and askew, as if its main purpose is to confuse passersby.

Pieces of a stone giant are embedded in the earth of this Colorado park's playground.

Explore the flooded remains of a limestone mine in Kentucky.

One of the best examples of a Byzantine period monument in Albania.

These purpose-built WWII air raid shelters, which run half a kilometer under the town of Mellieħa, are among the longest in Malta.

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

The road plays 30 seconds of the Marine’s Hymn when driving over the grooved pavement.

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen's airship docked here before leading the first-ever flight over the North Pole.