This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

An unsettling painting of three faceless sisters that is surrounded by history and legend.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

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

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

The world's largest collection of artifacts from our history of industrial gas use is hard to simply pass.

The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

Even King Tut was intrigued by the glass of the Great Sand Sea.

Stained glass windows bathe this botanical garden in cosmic light.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.