Castle in the clouds
Gujō Hachiman Castle, Gifu prefecture, Japan (© ta2funk ito/500px/Getty Images)

Castle in the clouds
Gujō Hachiman Castle, Gifu prefecture, Japan (© ta2funk ito/500px/Getty Images)

Avast, landlubbers!
Playground at the Obereversand Lighthouse in Dorum-Neufeld, Germany (© INGO WAGNER/DPA/AFP via Getty Images)

Avast, landlubbers!
Playground at the Obereversand Lighthouse in Dorum-Neufeld, Germany (© INGO WAGNER/DPA/AFP via Getty Images)

Light dawns on Ocracoke
Ocracoke Lighthouse on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina (© Chansak Joe/Getty Images)

Light dawns on Ocracoke
Ocracoke Lighthouse on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina (© Chansak Joe/Getty Images)

Prost! Oktoberfest begins
Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, at sunset (© AllesSuper21/iStock/Getty Images)

Prost! Oktoberfest begins
Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, at sunset (© AllesSuper21/iStock/Getty Images)

Fall into reflection
Buttermere, Lake District National Park, England (© Alan Novelli/Alamy)

Fall into reflection
Buttermere, Lake District National Park, England (© Alan Novelli/Alamy)

Otter-ly amazing
Sea otter, Prince William Sound, Alaska (© Gerald Corsi/Getty Images)

Otter-ly amazing
Sea otter, Prince William Sound, Alaska (© Gerald Corsi/Getty Images)

Falling for this view?
Waterfall in Skaftafell, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland (© Nopasorn Kowathanakul/Getty Images)

Falling for this view?
Waterfall in Skaftafell, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland (© Nopasorn Kowathanakul/Getty Images)

The realm of ancient giants
Giant sequoias, Sequoia National Park, California (© Galyna Andrushko/Shutterstock)

The realm of ancient giants
Giant sequoias, Sequoia National Park, California (© Galyna Andrushko/Shutterstock)

Flying colors
Blue-throated toucanet, Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica (© Oscar Dominguez/Tandem Stills + Motion)

Flying colors
Blue-throated toucanet, Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica (© Oscar Dominguez/Tandem Stills + Motion)

Above the floating city
Aerial view of the Grand Canal and the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy (© Bachir Moukarzel/Amazing Aerial Agency)

Above the floating city
Aerial view of the Grand Canal and the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy (© Bachir Moukarzel/Amazing Aerial Agency)

Golden glimpses
Cottonwoods seen through an arch in Coyote Gulch, Glen Canyon Recreation Area, Utah (© Stephen Matera/Tandem Stills + Motion)