The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.

The tallest sea cliffs on the Southern Hemisphere are a climber's worst nightmare.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

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