This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

A monument to the thousands of Canadian soldiers who died capturing the French ridge during World War I.

This Art Deco landmark claims to be the longest bridge over the shortest span of water in the world.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

Malaysia's first and only glass temple.

The cemetery houses the remains of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, one of Japan's most famous novelists.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

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

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

An enormous Buddha peers through a gap in its ruined chamber.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.

Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.

The castle where the Marquis de Sade lived out his darkest fantasies.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

This exceptionally well-preserved ancient marvel also houses a small museum dedicated to Jordanian folk tradition.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

The lost Latin words were reconstructed using the holes from the nails that once pinned them in place.

Two graffiti towers stand like ghosts of Vancouver's World War II-era defensive outpost.