A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

This abandoned hospital is one of the most haunted places in Costa Rica.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

A 220-foot deep watery drop-off, filled with marine life.

This island hill is strewn with boulders carved by shipwreck victims from the age of sail.

The rusted remains of a victim of Hurricane Ike.

Uninhabited islet in the Caribbean is the sanctuary of giant lizards.

The world's seventh-largest coral reef contains an incredible amount of biodiversity.

Fine dining 20 feet below the surface in the Indian Ocean.

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.

Over two-thirds of the world's population of giant tortoises live among this coral formation.

A newspaper editor turned this abandoned island into a tortoise nature preserve that's now the world's smallest national park.

A British general, a suggestive tree, a map of paradise.

One of the oldest restaurants in the Seychelles.

Despite being of the most short-lived republics in history, this small Chilean town won’t forget its two days of independence.

One of the world's most complete mineralogical collections.

A sliver of 19th-century Germany sits on the shore of a Chilean lake.

A 300-foot-long Cold War submarine floats in a Chilean River as a maritime museum.

This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.

Formerly a brutal Nazi colony, this Chilean village was remade as a (controversial) German-themed tourist trap.