The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A legendary boxing venue and ring featured in Rocky V.

This ancient sword lay in a waterlogged tomb for 2,500 years, but managed to remain relatively untarnished and impressively sharp.

The Victoria-era quarantine station for Sydney.

A perfectly preserved abandoned criminal asylum in South Australia.

These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

This crocodile-infested East Timor reservoir is also home to a spectacular half-sunken forest.

Former military fort and site of untold horrors during WWII, this island may become the Adriatic's next luxury resort.

This ancient Silk Road outpost overlooking the Wakhan Valley is miraculously still standing.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

You'll find just about anything in this funky Tbilisi flea market.

This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.

This magnificent white pagoda was constructed to resemble a sacred Buddhist mountain.

Gigantic unfinished stupa and the world's 2nd largest bell.

An Archaeological Wonder of Peru, and the largest stone ruin site in the New World.

A mysterious pre-Incan ruin believed to have miraculous healing powers.