A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

A giant repository of accidentally discovered cave paintings up to 30,000 years old.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

A forgotten graveyard lost in the tangles of an overgrown garden.

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

A mysterious, hidden cluster of Buddha sculptures carved into the rocks.

Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.

A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.

An ancient city hidden in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

One woman's lifelong collection is on display in this unassuming house on an Icelandic fjord.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.