Picturesque ruins once held off mighty armies.

This tower is all that remains of a once-famed chapel.

This fortified L-shaped tower is the ancient seat of clan Hannay.

Ethiopian standing stones featuring remarkably preserved carvings of swords and people.

An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.

The first lookout in Yosemite.

An annual festival full of illuminated replicas of iconic landmarks from around the world.

This 80-year old mannequin is so lifelike it is believed to be an embalmed corpse.

The former home of the famed revolutionary Pancho Villa is now a museum in his honor.

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

A vast and opulent collection of art and show dog memorabilia collected over one man's lifetime.

This eerily opulent residential museum is home to a haunting local legend.

The sophisticated hydraulic system of the Nazca civilization.

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

The oldest scientifically dated tree in Europe lives on a remote cliff.

This museum is known as the "Land of the Dinosaurs," but its full-scale dino models are just the start.

The ruins of an abbey believed to have been founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century.

A semi-abandoned village destroyed by U.S. bombings during World War II dominates the valley of Turano.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.