Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

Snow-capped peaks, colorful waterfalls and stunning vistas on the edge of the Himalayas.

These sub-farmland caves are home to a majestic stalactite known as the "Crystal King."

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.