Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A well kept and well documented look at the Bruneian Sultan's life and successes.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.

From dragonfruit to mangoes to durian this Thailand resort allows guests to stay inside all manner of giant fruit.

Underneath a chalk hill in France lies what Hitler hoped would be the underground launching base for a devastating new weapon.

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.