Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

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

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Enchanting cave with a river crashing through the roof.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

You can swim in these highly salty, mesmerizingly blue lakes in the Atacama Desert.

A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

No one seems to know who suffered the disappointment at this particular place.

A series of sculptures beneath the waves promote ocean conservation and support coral reefs.

These Australian rock formations look like Martian beehives that have grown up out of the landscape.

Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.