The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.

The largest known medieval map of the world.

In this Borneo cave, it's not the thousands of bats you need to worry about, it's the blankets of roaches.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the depths off Key Largo.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

Located in a veterinary school, this macabre exhibit displays the effects of animal diseases.

This ancient structure was built by a mysterious civilization that was largely destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

This extraordinary art museum is like a secret world on the edge of Mexico City.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

One of the world's most unusual events combines headbanging and needlework.

Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

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

A natural swimming hole that was once a ceremonial center for Mayan priests.

These enigmatic ruins continue to vex archaeologists.

A devastated ruin in the south of Belize where British explorers claimed to unearth the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull.