A stargazing sculpture made from the ruins of an iconic telescope.

The facade of this 16th-century building is decorated with carvings of 300 seashells.

Spain's largest bullring offers a unique glimpse at architecture and history.

A mosaic made of materials gathered from this Brooklyn community adorns the walls of this tunnel.

The camera-toting gargoyle juts out from the exterior of a Gothic cathedral.

A spectacular overlook of the Little Grand Canyon of the San Rafael River, a deep sandstone gorge streaked with orange, red and white in a remote, uncrowded part of Utah.

Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.

The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

A stunning medieval castle owned and restored by the famed actor Jeremy Irons.

High in the Italian Alps, a lonely chapel with a striking view of the Matterhorn.

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

Built more as a work of art than living quarters, this cottage has withstood the test of time.

A stretch of the Iwai River that features beautiful rocky cliffs, rapids, and flying dango.

The bodies of some early polar pioneers are still buried beneath the harsh snows of the Antarctic.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

A breathtaking viewing platform over the Alps.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.