Buddhist university that allows English-language speakers the opportunity to study with monks in Thailand.

Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.

This floating cinema brings new meaning to the phrase "going out" to the movies.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

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

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."

Hundreds of thousands of ancient documents offer a unique glimpse into Jewish life in Cairo.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

Paiwanese restaurant run by native indigenous Taiwanese singer songwriter, and home to a DIY arts-and-crafts folk garden.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Mount Nyiragongo has erupted at least 34 times since 1882 and is home to the world's largest lava lake.

At 8,000 feet, the world's highest tea estate draws visitors for both its products and its panoramic views.

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.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

China's mysterious record-setting sleeping Buddha.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

A Turkish monastery tucked into a cliff wall.

Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.

A salty cave excavated by elephants and the location of a deadly disease vector.

Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.