Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

This giant sculpture made of trash is a critique of society's wastefulness.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

These strange piles of magnetized volcanic ash travel across the desert about 50 feet per year.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

From atop a hill at the center of Cape Town, a cannon has been signalling the time since 1806.

All that remains of a Japanese fishing vessel that ran aground in 1982.

A rustic place to spend the night, complete with amazing quiver trees and outsider art.

Known as "The People's Park," this verdant oasis is home to elephants and villagers alike.

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.

A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.

This 16th-century monastery was founded to cloister the daughters of wealthy local families.

This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.

This unimaginably large pile of sand near Nazca is one of the tallest dunes in the world.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.