Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

The highest bridge in the world rises a dizzying 1,854 feet above the river.

This Tibetan monastery has survived multiple attacks and is also a sky burial site.

This incredible Chinese theme park may be the largest bootleg in history.

A complex and beautiful system of rice terraces covers a million acres over the mountains.

A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

A "station to nowhere" marks the site of a Siberian subway project that never saw the light of day.

Thanks to this small string of islands World War II still hasn't officially ended between Russia and Japan.

Europe's highest peak is a key pillar of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge.

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

The world's second-largest excavated hole.

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

Named after the German word for "a longingness to travel," this park brings together thousands of city and street signs from around the world.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

This concrete residential area doubles as an open-air gallery.