Yosemite National Park, California
Horsetail Fall's Firefall
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
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Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Fresno, California
An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.
Sciacca, Italy
A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.
Munich, Germany
One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.
Schnals, Italy
Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.
Italy
Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.
Milan, Italy
Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.
Foligno, Italy
The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.
Milan, Italy
Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.
Lainate, Italy
An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.
Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, Italy
The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."
Turin, Italy
The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.
Postojna, Slovenia
The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.
Venice, Italy
A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.
San Vito di Cadore, Italy
While most books are made of wood, these wooden books are truly made of, and all about wood.
Bolzano, Italy
Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.
Urbania, Italy
Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.
Balestrino, Italy
Abandoned medieval hill town.
Monterosso al Mare, Italy
The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.
Genoa, Italy
A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.
Lucca, Italy
Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.
Lucca, Italy
The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.
Vaglia, Italy
Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.
Florence, Italy
A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.