A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

It might not be the prettiest pyramid in Egypt, but it may be the muddiest.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

Even King Tut was intrigued by the glass of the Great Sand Sea.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.