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

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

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

The most remote tree in the world is more than 170 miles from its nearest neighbor.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

A vibrant street away from the typical tourist track, lined with colorful, mosaic-covered houses.

Before serving as James Bond's Casino Royale, this Victorian-era spa catered to the world's elite.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

At this research institute, the chile is king.

One man's lifelong collection of 10,000 rare steins tells the story of beer drinking from 1350 to today.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.