For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.

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

One of the oldest churches in Romania is believed to have been built on the site of a pagan temple.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

World's largest working waterwheel has been around for over 150 years.

Dynastic Home of the De Piro Family.

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.