The ruins of this Brazilian island prison still bear the scars of the bloody rebellion that closed it down.

An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.

Despite the groans of archaeologists, this astounding groups of Bronze Age petroglyphs have been painted red for tourists.

This Swedish automobile graveyard is a beautiful gallery of decay, but woe be to any who would steal a souvenir.

Mysterious man-made rock piles form an ancient cemetery on this rocky beach in Norway.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

Thousands of bats stream out of caves every night on the edge on Thailand's second largest park.

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.