Local lore says a serpent-like beast lurks in the deep basin below the falls.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

A building facade covered with the statues of 11 giants of Tajik literature.

The gondolas let you glimpse a bird's-eye view of one of the world's highest capital cities.

Walking by this fence is like strolling along a portal to various fictional worlds.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

These mysterious circular formations are actually remnants of 19th century gristmills.

Rocks carved with biblical passages in the 1800s.

This micronation's flag honors its favorite drink, Kaffegöken, or "cuckoo-coffee."

A former hen house turned curiosity cabinet displays one man's lifelong fascination with cannibalism.

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

The last timber and iron Chinese temple in Australia.

The oldest still-inhabited hill fort in India looks like a magnificent golden sandcastle.

The evocative ruins of a 1,000-year-old hill fort lie within a popular tiger reserve.

A Chinese meditation center in the middle of rural Sweden, partly funded by a member of ABBA.

Site of the graveyard vine believed to be a curse on a family from the 1800s.

The house where Rudyard Kipling wrote the Jungle Book is also the location of the first tennis court in Vermont.

Play everything you see at a museum dedicated to a town's historic organ industry.

A treasure trove of rare and fine fabrics from around the world.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

A crumbling ghost town with prime views of the dam that doomed it.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.