What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

According to Hindu belief, this shallow island chain was created by a god with an army of monkeys.

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

One architect's organic, human-centric design has been fully realized in this alien art house.

Former military fort and site of untold horrors during WWII, this island may become the Adriatic's next luxury resort.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

Thanks to this small string of islands World War II still hasn't officially ended between Russia and Japan.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

One of the great treasures of Neolithic art lies within this carefully constructed pile of rocks.

From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.