The world's fifth tallest waterfall is a spectacular silver chute of water that cuts through the cloud forest in northern Peru.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.

Hundreds of mummies in a silent room, some with eerily pained expressions preserved on their faces.

One of the few places in the world where visitors can walk alongside fossilized tracks from 80 different dinosaur species.

With the Wild Bunch hunted almost to extinction and the law closing in on him, Butch Cassidy fled to this remote cabin in Argentina.

The tower claims to be the world's only pagoda made entirely from Myanmar's lucrative gemstone.

The preserved home of the first settler of "the most German town in Brazil."

From 135 feet high riders plunge down the world's tallest freestanding body slide at 65 mph.

A kitschy Italian medieval-style castle incongruously located amidst one of the most historic towns in the Peruvian Amazon.

The world's largest "Christmas tree" is illuminated by hundreds of lights stretching 2,000 feet up the slope of Mount Ingino.

A unique exhibit lets blind people experience famous works of art and architecture with their hands.

The world's only flying boat museum honors a small Irish village that sent 20th-century aviation to new heights.

A towering monument in Spain has proven to be more labor-intensive than initially planned.

A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

At this unusual park, domes, ladders, chairs, and more are made from trees.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

A devastating booze inferno poured through the streets, claiming several victims who drank it.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

Naked scientists race around the pole in the frigid cold to try to join Antarctica's exclusive 300 Club.

Russian Orthodox church built on an Antarctic island.