People in Poland have rallied to save this unnatural desert from being reclaimed by the forest.

These 18th-century paintings of Warsaw were used to reconstruct the city after World War II.

The two abandoned overpasses are among the largest bridges in Poland.

This picturesque castle in Poland has a rich history, including a legend that ties it to lost Incan treasures.

In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.

Deep in a Polish forest, this collection of Iron Age megaliths still holds onto many of its ancient secrets.

A national collection of Communist-era musical posters.

A mysterious structure left behind on the Polish mountainside, sometimes called "Hitler's Stonehenge".

Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.

The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.

This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

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

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

A drowned river valley that was important to the Maori and European settlers.

This faded sign to nowhere is a beloved icon in New Zealand.

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

This quiet island in the middle of a bustling city is actually a volcano dotted with Māori ruins.