Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

Scores of wax baby figurines add an unusual mood to this beautiful church on the Greek coast.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

Looking strangely like Rome's Colosseum, this unfinished tower has dominated the skyline for over 100 years.

The ruins of a bombed medieval village memorialize the destruction of the Spanish Civil War.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

These gnarly desert trees produce the prized aromatic resin traded along the ancient incense trail.

A scenic canyon with thick forests and historic ruins.

A miniature diorama that recounts the brilliant stories of author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

This 15th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery also contained a school for illuminating manuscripts.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.