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This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’ immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

Take the most scenic fjord landscape in Norway and add dramatic red cliffs, warm clear water, and playful dolphins.

Concentrated around the Dead Sea, these surprising canyons are filled with coursing water, fish, and even crabs.

Sometimes known as the little Niagara Falls of the Philippines.

Water demonstrates its carving power along a Cumbrian trail.

Victoria's largest salt lake is a favorite haunt for photographers and stargazers.

A small but beautiful waterfall hidden away in the north of Zambia.

An islet filled with wooden houses where the open sea meets a lagoon.

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.

The longest staircase lock in Britain.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

An Art Deco Icarus statue adorns this abandoned gem of Yugoslav Modernist architecture.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.

This medieval manor house was equipped with secret compartments for hiding priests.

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

These once housed the families who decided in 1665 to quarantine themselves to save their neighbours.

This small building nestled along the Dove River is seen by some as the birthplace of angling as a sport.

Built by the patron saint of illusionists this Elizabethan manor house is riddled with secret cubbies for hiding priests.

The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.

The English bed-and-breakfast believed to have inspired Emily Brontë's novel "Wuthering Heights."