A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

Cuba's historical trains remind natives of their country's sugary sweet past.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

The precise origins of this pink sandstone temple are unknown.

Ride the rails on a train harkening back to a 19th-century marvel.

The haunting concrete remains of a Nazi pebble crusher can still be found in this small French commune.

If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.

This was the second largest mercury mine in the world and one of the oldest preserved mine complexes in Europe.

During World War II, this rice mill became a Nazi concentration camp.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

Huge hole looks down onto an underground beach populated with sea lions.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.