A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

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

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.