This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

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

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.