A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

Formerly a lovely white sand beach this Hawaiian stretch is now a trap for countless tons of trash.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

A true treehouse near Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawai'i.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

According to the locals, the sands of this secluded Norway beach are infused with gemstone particles.

This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

A nesting ground for four of the world’s seven marine turtle species, most of which are endangered.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.

Abandoned ships along a deserted beach feel like the set of a post-apocalyptic thriller.