Monumental sculptures guard many of the graves, transforming this necropolis into an open-air fine art museum.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

A black and white solution to the Bolivian city's traffic problems.

The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.

Death road of Bolivia.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

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

Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.

A unique opportunity to stay the night in retrofitted sections of sewer pipe.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Mongolian Buddhists believe this monastery in the Gobi desert to be the center of the world's spiritual energy.

Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.

A public park off the beaten path with a beautiful waterfall and 13th century Cistercian abbey.

The "stairway to heaven" lookout tower was built to resist weather, arson, and the laws of physics.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

A tomb in the shape of a traditional Mexican hat and shawl for the father of modern rancheras.