Long before Europeans arrived, Native Americans built an artificial island out of shells that has withstood a millennia of hurricanes.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

Preserving the research tools, unexpected inventions, and odd collections of generations of college professors.

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

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

Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.

A cable-suspension footbridge that hangs high above the Mill River.

This magnificent Japanese garden provides a moment of Zen in rural Vermont.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruous in rural Vermont.

This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

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

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

According to folklore, Vermont's slanted windows were installed to keep witches from flying into the house.

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.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.