A gargantuan crystal kingdom.

The tragic reality of a town riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

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

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.