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Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

Deep in the Thar desert, a temple crawling with thousands of holy rats.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

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

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.