The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

According to a local legend, this peculiar mountaintop rock formation is actually a demon that was turned into stone.

A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.

The gathering point of an old Melbourne swimming club was site of a historic, world-record dive in 1918.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

This 12-inch-tall wooden sculpture of a winged Virgin Mary has inspired much devotion and countless replicas.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

This magnificent arch is all that remains of a former smelt mill.

This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.

The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.

A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.

The nearly 200-year-old building displays a perplexing grammatical error.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.