The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

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

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

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

Low tide reveals 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Southern Alaska.