One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

Roman-era ships unearthed...

An eclectic collection of thousands of items owned by the sculptor Frederic Marès.

This large maar crater in Oregon is the bigger brother to Hole in the Ground.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

The magic's in the hole!

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

A modern artist's primitive stone faces and unique rock instrument join Iceland's terrain with its history.

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.

This Shetland Islands bus shelter may be small, but it squeezes in a couch, a desk, some art, and even an old telly.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.