One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

Dive for drinks at Croatia's first and only underwater winery.

This solo operation offers the world's only whey wines in flavors such as chocolate-orange.

A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

This castle was once considered as an option for the Royal Family's alternate residence, but you may know it better from the 'X-Men' movie.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

This stretch of Canadian road was named after a nickname that stuck so hard the city had to keep it.

What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

The 5,000-year-old megalith is believed to be Scotland's tallest standing stone.

This small sculpture honors a shuttered bookshop that was the site of a fiery act of protest.