Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

Death road of Bolivia.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

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

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

This fort dates back to 1588 and was colonized by the Portuguese, Dutch, and English and sits prominently on the Indian Ocean where azure water lap the coast.

This plaza is home to a number of works, including Montpellier‘s own Arc de Triomphe.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.