This island hill is strewn with boulders carved by shipwreck victims from the age of sail.

The saltiest lake in all of Crimea is also the pinkest of the pink and teeming with life.

Every four years, millions of salmon fill a river so densely that its waters appear deep crimson.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

A whimsical sculpture garden right out of a children's storybook.

These medieval ruins have survived since the 12th century, even providing shelter from the Nazis.

Welcome to the world's only museum dedicated to the Ukranian Easter egg.

A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.

Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history.

An experimental forest at the foreground of arboreal science is also the canary in the coal mine for climate change.

This 1920s Amsterdam neighborhood was built as a giant experiment in concrete construction.

The smallest country in Australia is a principled little thing with a friendly emperor.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

The largest flower auction house in the world.

These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.

An ornate Thai pavilion in the middle of Sweden.

The world's most charming instant portrait studio also happens to be its smallest.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

This giant volcanic crater holds its very own field of salt.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.