This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.

This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

The oldest Hindu temple complex in Nepal serves as the seat of Nepal’s national deity, Lord Pashupatinath.

Last stop before the top of the highest peak in the world.

Jumping-off point for a climb up Mt. Everest is the most dangerous airport in the world.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

A tropical paradise once home to space exploration and military installations.

The abandoned Bermudian home of a British naval leader is surrounded by crumbling sporting fields and the graves of convicts.

Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.

World's largest college campus includes a wildlife sanctuary and a former movie set on more than 28,000 acres.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.