Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

The floats housed in this hall are more than 100 years old, and are brought out for an annual celebration.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

The world's second-largest excavated hole.

This Italian church is as beautiful as it is common, except for the real skulls decorating the many mannequins inside.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Place with alleged mystical powers in Old Orthodox Church in Sarajevo.

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.

Imperial palace of Emperor Galerius, the Emperor behind the worst Christian persecutions during the Roman Empire.

An ancient Thracian city where fire rituals were practiced on the largest cult altar in Southeast Europe.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.