A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

A room filled with frescos that make it seem like the walls are crumbling down while giants die in despair.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

A medieval tower with a suspended iron cage used as an open-air jail for criminals who were exposed as a warning.

A hidden bas-relief of a hare on a church main portal that brings good luck to the ones who find it.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

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

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.

See hundreds of herons and egrets in the heart of the city in this dreamy hidden park.

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

These sculptures were created by a 17th-century artist who had never seen an elephant.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

An isolated "phantom bridge" doomed to crumble into ruin.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.