This village surrounded by breathtaking waterfalls is one of the wettest places on earth.

Nature’s skyscraper launches out of the terrain with attitude.

New Plymouth, Idaho is the only U-shaped town in the United States.

Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.

This statue includes the molehill that toppled a king.

Legends say this red sandstone monolith and the dozens of smaller boulders that surround it were once a coven of witches—before a Scottish wizard turned them all to stone.

200-foot-high minaret and only remnant of Afghanistan's lost city of the Turquoise Mountain.

The 2,000-year-old pieces of metal are an ancient soldier's military discharge papers.

This historic street in Quito is known for its seven stone crosses—and one presidential assassination.

The young girl gained fame for her atypical size and was regarded as a curiosity by the Spanish aristocracy.

The majestic, sacred tree is represented on this piece of public infrastructure.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

The last refinements in the North Carolina-South Carolina boundary were marked with this stone.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

The ancient necropolis houses the immense rock-cut tombs of four Persian kings.

Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.

This shrine is dedicated to a symbol of the Maya people's struggle against inequality and injustice.

The final resting place of a legendary science fiction author and his fraternal twin sister who died as an infant.

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

The 1940s structure houses what was once Europe's largest telescope.

This Torino museum honors a soldier who kept the city safe using barrels of exploding gunpowder, losing his life in the process.

After protestors toppled a statue of a 17th-century slave trader, the pedestal where it once stood remains unoccupied.

Designed in the Romanesque style, this structure was once a fortress monastery.