Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

This abandoned airplane hanger is said to have once been a top secret launch facility.

Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

The place where World War I began.

A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.

This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.

This surreal memorial/cemetery is a necropolis of crumbling stonework and puzzle-shaped headstones.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

The sad remains of a monument to martial arts legend and movie star Bruce Lee—in the middle of Balkans.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

The world's largest reclining Buddha, the Giant Buddha of Mudon.

Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.