On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A dreamy mausoleum honors Persia's most famous poet.

The largest covered bazaar in the world.

Named after a legendary garden called Eram in southern Arabia, built by order of Shaddad, an Arab king who wanted to compete with Paradise.

This steamship has been beautifully rusting off the coast of an Iranian island since the 1960s.

Two Chinese dragons guard the caves of this medieval temple in Iran.

Leaking natural gas never stops burning on this hill, making it an infinite inferno.

Hundreds of stones dangle from barren trees in the middle of the desert.

The vertical-axis windmills of ancient Persia have been grinding flour for 1,000 years and counting.

Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.

What can compare to the comforting sound of 10,000 toilets running?

This bridge dates back to the 9th century and allows visitors to walk an ancient path amid modern industrial trappings.

Unusual outdoor collection of sculptures.

130 replicas of world wonders squeezed into just 118 acres of space.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

At nearly 1,000 feet long, this astonishing glass suspension bridge is one of the longest in the world.

This incredible Chinese theme park may be the largest bootleg in history.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

Not one, not two, but three natural bridges remain in this captivating spot post-sinkhole.

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

One of the world's largest salt caves is filled with fragile salt sculptures, salt rivers, and huge salt megadomes.

These medieval tunnels provided water to the city above through centuries of civil war and plague.

This unusual rock looks like a giant, otherworldly mushroom sprouting atop a cave.

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