Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

Packed to the ceiling with antique taxidermy and hunting arms.

The closest thing to Mars on Earth.

If there is one thing you don't want to be in Sweden during Christmas, it's a Yule Goat.

A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.

Luxurious hotel designed to stir the imagination of its many visitors.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

Bohol's mysterious brown hills.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.

The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

Hanging over one of Japan's "hidden valleys," these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

The ship that got left behind.

The metal frame is all that's left of a wicker sculpture which once towered over the M5 motorway.

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.

Site of an escape, ten murders, and some scalpings.

Blackfoot petroglyphs of southern Alberta which date back as far as 7000 B.C.

World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.