Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

A Himalayan monastery claims to have a piece of a centuries-old abominable snowman.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

A tangible and sobering reminder of an atrocity that took place during a secret war.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The ruins of this medieval castle on a foggy hill tell the story of a once-mighty empire.

On a remote island, legend has it that a fiddler and his wife were turned to stone.

More stones than Stonehenge, all scattered within a windswept landscape sure to enchant 'Outlander' fans.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.