A magical work of architecture where a wind turbine enables monks to levitate.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

The venerated body of a 12th century saint is celebrated each year with the 'Race of the Candles.'

This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.

Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.

This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

To the famous surrealist artist, liberty required two torches held high.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.