This shack nestled in a 120-acre forest of maple trees in Mont-Rigaud is a wonderland of sugary syrup.

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

This tower is one of the best-preserved (and least-visited) remnants of medieval Paris.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

The former home of a Portuguese poet, artist, and collector is packed to the brim with art.

Retro as can be, this cinema still uses film reels and screens revivals of Shōwa-era hits and classics.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

The former mansion complex of a merchant prince, related to a famed filmmaker.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

They say the internet is forever but just in case, the shiba inu behind an iconic meme has been immortalized in bronze.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

An exotic jungle hideaway run entirely by indigenous Kichwa women.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

A secret garden in a picturesque Edinburgh village has inspired artists for centuries.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.