A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.

The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.

The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.

A stray meteor left this picturesque hole in the Australian outback.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.