An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

Who knew the Devil's domain was a hot spot for tubing?

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

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

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.

Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.

This lake’s emerald green waters are a spectacular sight, but it’s not a great place for a swim.

The ornate structure is part of a building boasting more marble than the Vatican.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.