A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

These powerful, if squat, Canadian waterfalls flow in different directions depending on the time of day.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

A peat bog in southern Sweden provides a cozy and photogenic home for junked Volvos, Saabs, and the occasional American muscle car.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

Held in an old church, this clockwork museum maintains a special focus on titanic tower timepieces.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.