This historic stadium was built to host the first-ever FIFA World Cup.

Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.

This quiet island in the middle of a bustling city is actually a volcano dotted with Māori ruins.

Cliffside houses provide a spectacular view from their perch above the valley.

Built to be the ideal penitentiary, this abandoned panopticon saw several revolts and even a prisoners' coup.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

A founding document of the European Union was written on an island where Roman emperors once banished women.

This tiny islet has somehow housed an ancient temple, two monasteries, a church, a fortress, and a restaurant.

Buried next to Pompeii, this lesser-known Roman villa was the opulent vacation home of Emperor Nero's wife.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

Australia's only active volcanoes and highest peak are located on these remote islands thousands of miles away from the mainland.

This dizzying span over the ancient Algerian city was once the highest suspension bridge in the world.

This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.

An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.

This towering statue of Jesus provided internet to the surrounding area.

A small Byzantine church lost in the middle of the mountains of southern Italy.

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.

For over 100 years the most important physicists in the world have autographed this university wall.

Alaska Natives have lived on this tiny isolated island in the Bering Strait for over 5,000 years.