The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

Scholar, adventurer, saint, and instigator of the Goa Inquisition.

This wildlife refuge is home to more than 200 species of birds, as well as monkeys, lizards, and other wildlife.

The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.

A secluded, little-known temple hidden amid the dense jungle.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.