This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

Sited in an Inner Mongolian desert are the remnants of an important trade stop along the Silk Road.

This dazzlingly turquoise mountain lake was created in the wake of a natural disaster.

Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

This magnificent stepwell is designed as an inverted temple and adorned with 1,500 sculptures.

A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

Remains of an abandoned coral city.

Village of slate houses, built on a white marble outcrop.

After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.

The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.

15 monolithic temples emulate an eroding sand castle.

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

This hilltop warren of monastic dwellings is the result of centuries worth of Mongol attacks.

Hanging over one of Japan's "hidden valleys," these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.