One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

A stone circle on the slopes of a Caribbean volcano commemorates the leader of an anti-slavery uprising.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

The wartime boat shelter now doubles as an underground concert hall where musicians play on rafts along the waterway.

The world's largest bioluminescent area was undiscovered by science until 2005.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

These stairs were built to accommodate royals mounted on elephants.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

A miscalculation turns a very shallow freshwater lake into a very deep saltwater lake.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

The world’s largest underwater sculpture is found just off the coast of Nassau.

These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.

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

Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.

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