The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

This 50-foot rock formation looked like a face that was once believed to be that of a Native American chief.

This field of half-buried stone crosses was the burial place of a sect of heretical gnostics.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

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

This cavern was used as a hidden hospital and safe house during the Vietnam War.

Fine dining 20 feet below the surface in the Indian Ocean.

This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

Atop a small Armenian hilltop adorned with many forms, and carvings, these stones tell a whimsical tale from a fictional world.

A five-square-mile slice of Spain on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa.

Eastern Bloc nostalgia, anybody?

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

The western-most fortress on the Great Wall of China has gone from a strategic stronghold to a kitschy tourist carnival.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

Over 300 wood sculptures depicting characters from Slavic, Greek and Western folk tales fill this magical garden.

Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.