Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

An artist's suburban abode looks like an architectural fever dream.

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

This pair of Australian "waterfalls" appear to be falling straight across the land.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."