In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

The largest drain hole in the world.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.