Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.

This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

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

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

A passage grave used in neolithic rituals.

This natural crater along the coast of Jersey may take its name from the devil statues who have watched over it.

A statue erected in honor of the toadish nickname given to Jersey residents by the French.

A wooden statue of an Estonian pagan god and King of the Setos stands atop a sacred hill.

This old Estonian mine has been kept like a sprawling time capsule of the local shale industry.

Legend says lovers who hold hands while venturing along this stone jetty and kiss at the end will remain together forever.

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

The hottest place on the planet.

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.

An ancient Ethiopian cave church is endangered by the simple building of a road.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.

Ethiopian standing stones featuring remarkably preserved carvings of swords and people.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.