An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

This circular Iranian jail was once a political prison run by the country's secret police.

A historic trade hub teeming with gorgeous architecture, colorful goods, and vibrant designs.

This mountaintop lake bubbles and steams in a perpetual boil, thanks to its direct link to the Earth's interior.

A flower grows on this giant stone that is said be able to control minds.

A stone circle on the slopes of a Caribbean volcano commemorates the leader of an anti-slavery uprising.

An ancient burial ground believed to have been used for ritual sacrifice.

Hundreds of boat-shaped headstones fill this graveyard as part of a centuries-old custom with mysterious origins.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

This former iron ore mine comes alive with fascinating stories of its history.

This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

Exotic, erotic, and esoteric, one artist's live-in Bali gallery brings a splash of color and madness to its surroundings.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

A real-life "hobbit" cave in Flores, Indonesia.

Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.