At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Hidden behind a Target are pillows of cooled lava that formed at the bottom of a deep lake in the Mesozoic Era.

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.