Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Old ships and machinery fill a historic harbor in the city that's home to Europe's largest port.

A modern reimagining of a medieval city gate.

This legendary giant, born from vegetables, terrorized townspeople and cheated local children in games.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.

This elegant neoclassical garden is a peaceful oasis in the middle of the Nepalese capital.

A brick building in Kathmandu's Durbar Square is home to Nepal's most prominent living goddess.

This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

This religious site features Nepal’s largest statue of Buddha.

The oldest Hindu temple complex in Nepal serves as the seat of Nepal’s national deity, Lord Pashupatinath.

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.