A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.

The only fixed chain and post trail in Scotland snakes its way along the base of a towering seaside cliff.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

Nature's water park in the Wadi Bani Awf valley is full of pools flanked with cliffs and natural water slides.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Nature's slip and slide.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

A magical work of architecture where a wind turbine enables monks to levitate.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.