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

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

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

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.