An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

Dozens of large-scale, creative, evocative curios from prominent artists dot the calm outdoor space around this major museum.

Designed as a labyrinth, this subterranean prison was crafted without bars or doors.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

Abandoned ships along a deserted beach feel like the set of a post-apocalyptic thriller.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

A once extravagant mansion, now reduced to ruin.

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

This pyramid is dedicated to all those who suffered martyrdom for civil and religious liberty in Scotland.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Built to transport German U-boats through the never-completed Masurian Canal, the locks near this Polish village are now home to a rope course.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.