This stone honors the U.S. Rangers who made Carrickfergus their home base during World War II.

The easternmost town in Alaska can only be accessed from Canada.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.

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

The remains of this medieval Roman road and lookout towers dot the rugged coastline of southern Lazio.

With the Wild Bunch hunted almost to extinction and the law closing in on him, Butch Cassidy fled to this remote cabin in Argentina.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

Gorgeous views of Italian mountains and valleys form the backdrop of this unique open-air theater.

A tangible and sobering reminder of an atrocity that took place during a secret war.

Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.

Constructed during the 7th century this is one of the oldest largely intact Christian churches in England.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.

Blue-green pools and smooth stones comprise one of Spain’s most idyllic hidden wonders.

A sleepy little town that had the greatest landslide in North American history fall on it.

Historic site where Native American hunters once trapped and killed buffalo.

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.