Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

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

The 16-foot sculpture of a hand looks out from his perch on top of an art gallery.

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

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.

The hermits of Karoulia protect their asocial lifestyles by living on the vertical face of a treacherous precipice.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

305 homemade stone stairs wind their way up the Hamilton escarpment.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.