A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

This pagoda was once the central feature of a Buddhist temple that no longer exists.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet your wish will be granted.

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

The precise origins of this pink sandstone temple are unknown.

A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.

An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.

If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.