This lost city belongs to one of the earliest civilizations in the world.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.

The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

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Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.

This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.

Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.