The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s. 

A journey through a collection of classic cars and fashionable artwork.

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

The real place where the One Ring to rule them all was forged.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.

Known as the "Valley of the Moon," this Jordanian wadi is one of the most amazing desertscapes on Earth.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.