Volcanic rocks ground down into sand make this Spanish beach as black as night.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

A castle perched precariously over the Crimean Sea.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

The hermits of Karoulia protect their asocial lifestyles by living on the vertical face of a treacherous precipice.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

Swim or sail to this pie-slinging boat off the coast of St. Thomas.