This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A flat-topped butte that makes a constant backdrop for Western art.

This extremely naked God of Drunkards welcomes visitors to Kochi Station.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.

Underground vaults of a former brewery beneath Brooklyn's Crown Heights are now used to ripen cheese.

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

Taiwan's last Chinese character letterpress preserves the dying art of Chinese character mold making.

The last remaining site of Yoruba worship of the fertility goddess.

Since 2017, the remains of Stretford's industrial past have been occupied by a collection of gnomes.

A family recipe is just one of several touches that make this Hebrew headstone special.

Cloistered comestibles are served with style at this French Orthodox monastery.

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

Huts like this were once a hub for the female divers who collected pearls and seafood off Japan's coasts.

At this coffee shop, each drink celebrates African-American history and luminaries.

From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.

The painter who popularized "bulls" and "bears" as symbols for the stock market didn't get a proper headstone for over a century.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.