The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

Giant granite sculptures representing family on the northern coast of Spain.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

A salty cave excavated by elephants and the location of a deadly disease vector.

Mine shafts and hard pastries await visitors at this massive mountain of salt.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

The saltiest lake in all of Crimea is also the pinkest of the pink and teeming with life.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The controversial final resting place of the equally controversial first president of Turkmenistan.

This little medieval church hidden in the center of Yerevan was lost and rediscovered—twice.

A small Byzantine church lost in the middle of the mountains of southern Italy.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

A small cell adjacent to this church was once the bedroom for a renowned saint.

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

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

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

One of the largest ancient geoglyphs in the world is a tall desert god used for predicting the weather.