Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

One of the largest collections of traditional Māori artifacts in New Zealand.

The real place where the One Ring to rule them all was forged.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.