A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

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

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

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

130 replicas of world wonders squeezed into just 118 acres of space.

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

A safe place for the wild donkeys of a hot vacation destination.