A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.

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

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.