After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

A 12-foot sculpture serves as a constant reminder of the importance of protecting and restoring the Boardman River.   

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

A student driver's nightmare.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

Legend has it this gnarled old tree was planted by Tsar Peter the Great during his visit to London.

Largest cave system in Africa.

“The oddest pub in South Africa,” inspired by a practical joke.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.