While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

This Japanese-inspired labyrinth of hot springs is hidden in a Chilean forest.

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

This quirky countryside store is known for the goats that hang out and eat the grass on its roof.

Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

An underground city of salt.

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.

The largest catacomb system in the world.

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

Underground monastery and fortress.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

Giant reed houses made in the marshes of Southern Iraq.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

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