Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

The world's largest ginkgo tree contains a hollow so large a man once lived in it for two years.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.

The hottest place on the planet.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

According to the locals, the sands of this secluded Norway beach are infused with gemstone particles.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

World's strongest whirlpool.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.

This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

This hilltop warren of monastic dwellings is the result of centuries worth of Mongol attacks.