A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.