Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Nicknamed the "Museum of Horrors," this French anatomical collection has been fascinating visitors for over a century.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

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

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.