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

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

Located in Nairobi National Park, this animal orphanage is the oldest of its kind in Kenya.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

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

A rare octagonal brick beacon on an isolated island in the Baltic.

Finland's northernmost zoo is home to the country's only polar bears.

The tallest lighthouse in the Nordic countries was also the site of a bloody World War II battle.

A long-disputed lighthouse built on the wrong side of a Finnish/Swedish island.

The etchings on this narrow channel between two islands bear witness to maritime travelers who have passed through since the Middle Ages.

This lonely rock has been turned into a character loved and feared by children.

This intricately spiralling forest was created as a monumental work of art.

Finnish lake, and scene of an infamous murder mystery.

Hidden deep in a forest is this geological wonder carved by glaciers.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.

Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.

Towering at a height of over 30 meters, this turn-of-the-18th-century landmark is the tallest temple in Nepal.

A Himalayan monastery claims to have a piece of a centuries-old abominable snowman.

Named after the Goddess of Harvests, Annapurna is the deadliest member of the Eight-thousanders club.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

This elegant neoclassical garden is a peaceful oasis in the middle of the Nepalese capital.

The tallest unclimbed mountain in the world remains poorly charted out of respect for local spirits.

A stupa built to protect Bhutan from evil forces and help bring peace to the world.