A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

A forlorn fishing village on the coast of Labrador, full of shipwrecks and Spanish gold.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

Every fall this lake mysteriously drains, like a bathtub with the plug pulled out.

This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.

The disdain for this dysfunctional dam is reflected in a giant pair of scissors painted on the concrete face.

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

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

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

Enter this small nook and you'll be surrounded by 360 degrees of street art.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.

The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.

This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .