The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.

The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.

This tiny uninhabited islet off the coast of Norfolk Island was formed by blowing sand from nearby dunes.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

In a strange timezone anomaly, Daylight Saving Time here sets the clocks forward just 30 minutes.

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

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

This impressive system of tanks was used to store drinking water as long as 2,000 years ago.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

The only Chinese temple in Mumbai.

This boulder with a 200-word legal dedication to God has remained hidden in the woods for over 150 years.

Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

A cluster of granite granaries perched on stilts.

This tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary originally contained a spelling error.

A sinkhole and now a swimming hole, too, full of dazzling turquoise water.

A hidden tunnel of bones in one of Malta's oldest churches.

A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."