The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

A complex and beautiful system of rice terraces covers a million acres over the mountains.

The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

This 'Lake of Fire' sits in the caldera of a 15,000 year old volcano.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

A natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The London statue that imitates passersby.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.

Naked scientists race around the pole in the frigid cold to try to join Antarctica's exclusive 300 Club.

Once a year a small English town gets together to chase oranges down a steep hill in honor of a legendary accident.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

Football field-sized microalgae production tanks on the Hawaiian coast create a stunning view from space.

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