An abandoned 1930s gas station turned bustling neighborhood park.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.

Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

The granite head appears to be deep in thought and half buried in the ground.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

A collection of heirloom roses tucked in a spectacularly beautiful botanical garden on Lake Atitlan.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

One woman's lifelong collection is on display in this unassuming house on an Icelandic fjord.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.