He’s not from around here.

These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

This former fire tower found new life as a communications hub complete with a scenic overlook.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

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

Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.

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.

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

One of the greatest boxers and humanitarians to ever live chose his hometown as his final resting place.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

An impressive if morbid collection of mummified remains from different eras of the region's history.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.