This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

A Franco-era dam flooded (almost) everyone out of this centuries-old Aragonese town.

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

The hottest place on the planet.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

The remains of a magnificent medieval fortress that was the capital of a vast empire.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

A trio of giant wooden megaphones turn up nature's volume in this Estonian forest.

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

More stones than Stonehenge, all scattered within a windswept landscape sure to enchant 'Outlander' fans.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

This submersible road connecting a French island to the mainland is lined with safety towers for when the tide strands travelers.

This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.