The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

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

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

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

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

Occult books, tarot, oddities.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.