Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

The world's only above water sand volcano, believed to once be the bathtub of a priest.

Hidden in a high mountain cave, this hermitage dates back to the ninth century.

It marks the spooky spot where the bodies of two young boys were found in the 19th century.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.

This magnificent stepwell is designed as an inverted temple and adorned with 1,500 sculptures.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

A unique museum dedicated to the famed Soviet director and other cinema greats.

This cairn marks the only place where Central European Time, Eastern European Time, and Further-eastern European Time meet.

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.

The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.

Mound of stones marking the burial site of the world's most famous orca.

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

British Empire's last territorial expansion, claimed by four countries.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.