Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

A jagged silhouette of shamanistic stone heaps rises from the shore of this dazzling mile-high lake.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

A mapping error in the 19th century made loggers think this section of the forest was underwater.

An unusual cave filled with rare alien-looking aragonite formations.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.

A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.

The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.

Two nations form a rare four-sided border at the peak of a mountain, philosophical questions result.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

If you've ever wanted to tear Hello Kitty apart with your teeth, this is the place.

No one knows who built this strange cave of worship or exactly why.

A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.