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Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.