Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

A teddy bear sits on a chair watching the sunset from the mountaintop—just as the late Dan Clancy had done since childhood.

A small town in Rajasthan has been dubbed the "City of Stepwells," and Raniji ki Baori is the queen.

A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

This 19th-century fountain's namesake animal isn't what you think it is.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

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

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

Gruesome statues of people reborn in Buddhist hell stand among the ruins of an 11th-century sanctuary.

It is said a heartbroken man visited the gap every day to stare blankly out at the sea.

This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture inspired by the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.

This two-towered gateway is all that remains of the unluckiest pier in the world.

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.

Rainwater transformed this old quarry into a peaceful pond you won't find in most tourist books.

Before 1993, this historic-looking village—King Charles III's pet project—didn’t exist at all.

This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.