A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

Destroyed numerous times, this centuries-old bridge has always been rebuilt with its original design.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.

Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.

The last standing example of an ancient district's teatime tradition.

At this rare mosque in Tbilisi, Sunni and Shia Muslims pray side by side.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.