Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A section of the long chain that blocked enemy ships from entering Constantinople.

This column celebrates Rome's victory over the Goths, and may be the oldest Roman monument in Istanbul.

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet your wish will be granted.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

The only ancient site that remains on the south bank of the sacred Ilissos river.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.