This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

The world's tallest box hedge is found in a delightful garden.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

The remains of a 37,000-year-old prehistoric society were discovered in this mammoth cave, one of the largest in Asia.

This luscious masterpiece created by landscape designer Bevis Bawa inspired the work of his brother, a famous Sri Lankan architect.

Seven beautiful 1,000-year-old rock-cut Buddhist statues.

Huge herds of Asian elephants can be seen walking, bathing, and just chilling at this Sri Lankan park.

To gaze upon the visage of Sri Lanka's biggest Buddha, one must first pass through the Tunnel of Hell.

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.