Built in 1547, these ruins lie on a rocky promontory in Ballintoy jutting into the wild ocean waters below.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

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

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

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

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.