A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

A single handprint, which, according to Ohio State University legend, cannot be scrubbed off.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

A favorite with sightseers, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

A naturally occurring tunnel in this Nordic mountain makes it look like it's been shot.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.

Stay in your own little bubble.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.