This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

This Canadian island is a veritable garden of decay with countless abandoned structures dotting the landscape.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

Jurassic theme park in the small town of Erlian.

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

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

This 41,000-acre wetland complex is the largest marsh in the interior of the United States.

Walk through a clothing store, across a courtyard, and up several flights of stairs for delicious coffee with a side of beautiful views.

The beautiful non-repeating pattern honors the Oxford professor who discovered it.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

The farthest northwesterly point of the British mainland is one of the most remote places in the Scottish Highlands.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

The restored ferry is now a dockside museum and a unique bed and breakfast.

Two ancient Buddhist temples crown this dramatic rocky pinnacle.

This Scottish castle has witnessed clan rivalries, Jacobite uprisings, whisky smuggling, and more.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

The Earth's saltiest natural body of water belches toxic gas.

Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.

The half-mile long structure is so impressive, it even shows up on satellite images.