A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

A complex and beautiful system of rice terraces covers a million acres over the mountains.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

In this African village, the walls of the chief's compound are painted with beautiful traditional designs.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.