A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

A beautiful, but toxic, lake formed by mining.

Final resting place for hundreds of prisoners of war.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

Isaac Newton's former home, where the famous apple tree still stands.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.