The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

The once great capital of Egypt now crumbles forward as evocative ruins.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

The abandoned military base looks like a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.

A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.