Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.

Place with alleged mystical powers in Old Orthodox Church in Sarajevo.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

This whimsically named Vietnamese stream is closer to a walkway than a waterway.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations 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.

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

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.

Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

Museum deep in the catacombs of St. Michael the Archangel Church is explored by touch, sound, and smell.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

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