The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

A once-glowing grotto at the bottom of Waikapalae Wet Cave.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

This quiet island in the middle of a bustling city is actually a volcano dotted with Māori ruins.

Home to the unidentified remains of the 1979 Mt. Erebus Disaster.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

The last timber and iron Chinese temple in Australia.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

This remote desert watering hole has a connection to a curious chapter of American history.