This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

This canyon is comprised of gorgeous waters and magnificent basalt columns.

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

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

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

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

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.