Mounds of fine golden sand that can rise nearly 500 feet tall.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

Running since 1864, this clock has yet to be wound, one of the longest-running science experiments known.

It took millions of years for these rocks to resemble their mammalian counterparts.

This beach provides a glimpse of the ancient seafloor without getting wet.

A devastating booze inferno poured through the streets, claiming several victims who drank it.

The second-highest train station in Europe.

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

An authentic, seaworthy replica of the ship that sailed to Newfoundland in 1497.

A train car sitting on a rooftop makes an unlikely and picturesque setting for dinner.

Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.

This bridge was designed to connect a road that never came to fruition.

New Zealand's only inland salt lake goes through a constant cycle of filling, evaporating, and refilling.

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

New Zealand's most advertised nonexistent landmark

The real place where the One Ring to rule them all was forged.

A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

An ornate and disused early 20th-century building has been given new life as a fully operational structure, complete with offices, oyster bar, and a furniture retailer.

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."

This remote highway took over 50 years to build.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.