According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.