This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.

The fishing boats that moor in this small lagoon enter and leave through a tunnel to the sea.

This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.

Though it may look like a businessman's lost luggage, this case suspended under a highway bridge is actually a contemporary art installation.

This charming fountain honors Felix Salten, the creator of the iconic storybook deer.

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.

A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds.