If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

To gaze upon the visage of Sri Lanka's biggest Buddha, one must first pass through the Tunnel of Hell.

This elaborate temple was built around one of the Buddha's teeth.

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.

This giant roadside goose has been hailing travelers into a small Ontario town for over 50 years.

At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.

Ancient mysterious ruts carved in the bedrock.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

This remarkable checkered church on a Corsican hilltop is fabled to have been built by angels.

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

Windblown rock formations in an ancient Roman quarry.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.