Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

An Archaeological Wonder of Peru, and the largest stone ruin site in the New World.

This well held a sacred source of water supposedly unleashed from the barren rocks by a wizard-like archbishop.

These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

This abandoned palace and the stupas around it conceal beautiful Buddhist frescoes, statues, and silk paintings.

The largest freshwater lake in northeast India is also the only floating national park in the world.

The world's largest human gathering is held at the confluence of three sacred rivers, one of which is mythical.

Inside a beautiful Indian temple is a seemingly magical floating pillar that doesn't touch the ground.

Miraculous vase predicts the future at this Tibetan Buddhist site in the Himalayas.

The evocative ruins of a 1,000-year-old hill fort lie within a popular tiger reserve.

The largest tiger reserve in India is a vast expanse dotted with ancient ruins of Nagarjuna Viswa Vidyalayam.

The Indian capital of black magic and witchcraft.

A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.