This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

This bullring in Lima is the oldest in the Americas and the second-oldest in the world.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

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

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

Hidden in the rain-forests of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India lies the village of Ziro, home to the Apatanis.

Made by a man on a worldwide sanitation crusade.