Three generations of intrepid collectors display their curious artifacts in a homemade museum right next to the caves they discovered.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.