The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

Standing proud atop a Turkish bluff, this Ottoman palace has retained its grandeur despite being abandoned for centuries.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

The third-largest island in Canada is one of the remotest places on Earth.

The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.

The world's largest dark sky preserve is a Canadian park established to preserve the country's last wood bison.

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

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

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The Twisted Trees of Alticane are an unnerving grove of Quaking Aspen, apparently mutated from a single source, giving them a twisted and unnatural appearance.

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.