The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

Landbridge created by the South Korean version of Moses.

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.

A Korean village where times stands still.

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

Various forms of phallic art decorate this hill in commemoration of legendary local tragedy.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

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

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.