Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

The first regular high-definition TV transmissions were made from this seemingly out-of-place mast located on one corner of a Victorian-era entertainment venue.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

Legend holds that St. Paul was flogged for preaching Christianity at this pillar.

While most shipwrecks are submerged, this ship in Cyprus ran ashore.

This sea stack in Cyprus is traditionally seen as the birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite.

The largest caravanserai in Cyprus also includes amazing examples of Ottoman architecture.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

A large boar commemorates the city's founding and the origin of its name.

At night, this memorial illuminates a ghostly outline of a footbridge that connected two sections of the Warsaw Ghetto.

A statue commemorating a Polish dog who took his role as man's best friend very seriously.

This enormous 32-foot painting depicts Poland's greatest medieval battle in glorious detail.

Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

An iconic view point of the Sea of Galilee offers a look into Israel's past.

A Biblically notable site over the ruins of an ancient city that is now a protected World Heritage site.

A sprawling ancient Jewish cemetery with over 30 rock-hewn burial caves.