The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

This modern New Zealand attraction honors ancient forms of astronomy and scientific understanding.

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

The crypt under this cemetery's chapel was used as a meeting place by Filipino revolutionaries.

A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

The Bourbon royal family had this unique octagonal hunting "cottage" built on a tiny islet in Lake Fusaro.

A snow-white church overlooking the wonderful Tyrrhenian Sea.

A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.

This stately palace, first built in the 16th century, was converted into a prison in 1830.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Abandoned castle was once a grand example of Russian privilege, built exclusively to win a frivolous bet between noblemen.

The stone walls of a home built to withstand a California wildfire still stand after more than a century.

The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

Yup, that's where the name came from.