A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

The first Russian Orthodox church in the Catholic city of Rome in almost a thousand years.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

A unique Tuscan hideaway acts as an art mecca as well as a hotel.

A luxury hotel housed in a former 15th century Gothic church.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

This collection of historical artifacts and tropical wildlife waits just beneath the surface of the water.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.