This elegant carving of the Buddha guards a small Buddhist temple within a cave.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.

A wealth of plants and horticultural curiosities fill this charmingly antique museum.

A rare opportunity to drive across the ocean floor.

The world's fifth tallest waterfall is a spectacular silver chute of water that cuts through the cloud forest in northern Peru.

Scientists use one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth as a terrestrial base for studying water on Mars.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.

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

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

What looks like missing grout is actually an old pub's peephole.

The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.

The unusual lighthouse looms over waves of prairies with no sea in sight.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

The ruins of a 13th-century monastery that long served as a place of refuge from wars and raids.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

A vibrant street away from the typical tourist track, lined with colorful, mosaic-covered houses.

Windswept and remote, this island was once the home of a rare mammoth and today is home to a rare tree.

This Roman quarry once held secret masses and smuggler's contraband and is now home to rare species of bats.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.