Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

Every September, international competitors flock to a tiny Scottish island's flooded quarries.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.

Every Easter, a small Sicilian town builds a stunning cathedral out of bread.

Hidden behind West Philadelphia rowhomes is a haven for migratory and local bird species both ordinary and rare.

These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

These abandoned vessels are destined to be reclaimed by the forest.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

One of Europe's oldest yew trees has lived more than 2,000 years.

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

These particularly resplendent rodents are the state animal of Maharashtra.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

These towering cliffs jut dramatically from the middle of a barren desert.

The enormous isokinetic structure hangs within a science center in Estonia.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

This tiny Swedish troll protects the land and all who wander within it.

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."

This cave system allegedly holds the "metallic library" of a lost ancient civilization.

A rare cluster of alien-like plants grows along a dusty highway.