Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Someone really, really wanted to save this fast-food icon from demolition.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.

At this Arctic outpost, get to know members of the indigenous Sámi community and meet their herds.

Perhaps the only one of its kind, the nearly-forgotten site once held mortal (and rigged) gladiatorial games between tigers and imperial war elephants.

Home to what locals claim is the largest whale skeleton in Southeast Asia, which is worshiped yearly.

This whimsically named Vietnamese stream is closer to a walkway than a waterway.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

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

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

On a remote island in the northern reaches of Lake Michigan, a museum of collectibles collides with a vintage toy store.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

A bizarre statue of a Buddhist goddess made from 20,000 insects.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin's lost medieval wall.

An important pilgrimage site for pagans and early Christians, named for a Celtic goddess-turned-saint.

The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.

The home of Ireland's last leprechauns is officially protected by the European Union.