The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

A Belle Epoque bordello turned into a themed love hotel.

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.

For hundreds of years, this huge figure has been blessing visitors before they explore his body.

A 20th-century picture show in 3-D.

An accidental trick of light casts the perfect shadow of a pilgrim of the Camino de Santiago against the cathedral wall.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland's second largest island emit an entrancing sound.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

Step back in time and witness the fall of Constantinople.

Relive a Polish uprising via an enormous, century-old cyclorama.

A 360 degree battlefield experience.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."