At the foot of a waterfall lies a peaceful swimming lagoon and evidence of over 60,000 years of human habitation.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.

The world's largest natural arch was forgotten for over 50 years after its discovery.

An ancient jungle temple carved into a rocky overhang of the Dane Soung Plateau.

Jean Tinguely's bizarre monster sculpture is hidden deep in a forest.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

A medieval village holds a very modern hotel.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

If your school was decorated with trippy graffiti, served ambrosial coffee, and was frequented by mimes, it might have been similar to this groovy cafe.

The prolific artwork of a self-taught sculptor.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

Are these prehistoric metal pipes evidence of alien plumbers? Nope, but they are amazing nonetheless.