Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

Every fall this lake mysteriously drains, like a bathtub with the plug pulled out.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

This massive and unusual rock formation near Okotoks is the world's largest known glacial erratic.

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

One native village in Bali lays their dead at the foot of a holy tree whose natural fragrance seems to hide the stench as the bodies decompose.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

What was once the base for Russia's first nature reserve is now a ghost town, right on the shore of Lake Baikal.

The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

This one-of-a-kind archeological site is home to strange prehistoric ruins, the original use of which is still a mystery.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

An unsettling painting of three faceless sisters that is surrounded by history and legend.

The ruins of an ancient Mayan city, beautifully preserved and only accessible by boat.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

A devastated ruin in the south of Belize where British explorers claimed to unearth the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

These crumbling towers are some of the last remnants of a centuries-old Vietnamese culture.

The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.

These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

This remote Scottish isle is only inhabited by seals, birds, and the memory of a tragic settlement.