This sculpture commemorates a naturalist and an illustrator whose work was a forerunner to modern field guides.

According to local legends, a monstrous worm once wrapped itself around this hill by the River Wear.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.