An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.

The smallest port in France is named after the pirate who created it.

A beautiful lighthouse with as many steps as days in the year, as many windows as weeks, and as many levels as months.

These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.

Rediscovered in 1992, this abandoned medieval village once flourished by fishing and piracy.

Perched above the bustling town of Kerak is a sprawling, ruinous castle that has witnessed nearly a millennia of Levantine history.

A ghost village sits atop a mountain within Jordan’s largest biosphere reserve.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

Concentrated around the Dead Sea, these surprising canyons are filled with coursing water, fish, and even crabs.

Known as the "Valley of the Moon," this Jordanian wadi is one of the most amazing desertscapes on Earth.

Built by crowdsourcing, this wooden foot bridge saved a part of Rotterdam that was languishing in wait of city funding.

The Netherlands' first car tunnel has an unusually rectangular shape.

The world's first floating farm is staffed by one human, three robots, and 35 cows.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.