To the famous surrealist artist, liberty required two torches held high.

Starting with nothing more than discarded conch shells, one man has built an island/bar that would make Jimmy Buffet jealous.

Mostly underground in the old days Back in the USSR, today the Beatles beckon to tourists from a wall sculpture out in the open in central Russia.

This pair of Australian "waterfalls" appear to be falling straight across the land.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

The oldest Christian monastery in Iraq until ISIS blew it up twice and then drove over it with bulldozers.

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

A small monument in Lithuania marks the geographic center of Europe—or at least one of the claimants.

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.

The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

This highest bridge in the world spans such a great chasm that it had to be established using rockets.

One Italian taxi driver covered his entire house in small seashells creating a weird bit of architecture that is preserved to this day.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.

A mere stone's throw from Islamabad exists a spectacular display of three millennia of humanity's progress.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

The legend says that this English rock formation was once a hunter who was turned to stone by annoyed witches.

This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.