Although it has never been a secret ninja base, this shrine still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.

This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.

This hidden gem in Arizona is truly worth the rugged journey.

This tiny chapel atop a sea stack is dedicated to the patron saint of Ponza, Saint Silverius.

This crescent-shaped beach is said to glow under the light of a full moon.

This abandoned semaphore station hearkens back to the days of the optical telegraph.

These artificial caves crafted by ancient Romans were elaborate fish farms for moray eels.

A founding document of the European Union was written on an island where Roman emperors once banished women.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.

This exuberantly curated landscape is one of the largest sculpture gardens in Canada.

From lefty Jewish gathering site to hip cultural site in just 80 years.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

Accessible only by train, the beauty of Agawa Canyon Wilderness Park is worth the journey.

This medieval castle was reconstructed by Carlo Scarpa.

These elaborate gothic monuments honor Verona's medieval lords.

Atop the former site of a historic bakery sit two stone tributes to Verona's contribution to traditional Italian baking.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.

Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.