Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

This striking landscape in northern Vietnam contains both geological and archaeological wonders.

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.

World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.

Dedicated to improving the plight of the rare scaly anteater.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.