Around the world and throughout history, numerous peoples have built large fortified walls to protect themselves from their enemies. Whether built out of stone, like the medieval French bastion of Carcassonne or out of red mud like in Morocco’s Taroudant, these walls were designed to ward off invaders. Today, many of these impressive cities have endured the test of time. “If walls survive, it’s because they’re well built and well maintained,” of the UK television series Castle, told Weather.com. “Cities...

View inside the abandoned Wizard of Oz theme park in North Carolina. (Seph Lawless) Located in the resort town of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, the Wizard of Oz-themed "Land of Oz" amusement park was a popular attraction when it opened in 1970. Visitors can walk its "Yellow Brick Road," see the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion and the Wicked Witch of the West, go on a "hot-air balloon ride" (which was really a specially designed ski lift), and even...

The recently opened Finolhu Villa in the Maldives is the world's first 100 percent solar-powered luxury resort. (Yuji Yamazaki Architecture PLLC) Located in the bright blue waters of the Kaafu Atoll in the Maldives, the resort isn't just totally breathtaking– it's the world's first 5-star resort to be 100 percent powered by the sun's energy. Designed by Yuji Yamazaki, the 12.6-acre resort is outfitted with 67,000 square feet of solar panels that account for all of the energy produced on...