Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.