This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.

This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.

Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 35 species live and some of them roam free alongside their human visitors.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

Building Men of War and Indiamen from Holland's Golden Age.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Visit the ancient, mysterious Roman catacombs ... in the Netherlands.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.