Qatar's oldest market can trace its origins back more than a century.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

This colorful palace is an oasis of calm amid the hustle and bustle of the Buriganga riverfront.

Fascinating early attempt at a Jewish autonomous settlement.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.

Inside this medieval church resides a unique set of murals.

Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.

These Finnish rapids have been attracting tourists for over a hundred years and are now released with the push of a button.

A statue of the Soviet leader still stands in a quiet corner of Estonia’s most Russian city.

One of the most well-preserved mammoth specimens in the world.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

A replica of the straw hut where Vladimir Lenin lived in hiding, disguised as a hay farmer, in 1917.

1800 rooms of single-family residence in Brunei.

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."

Built by the Portuguese colonists in the early 16th century, this fort is one of the oldest European structure in Asia.

One of the world's tallest flagpoles.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

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

Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.

This Javanese-Hindu temple from the 15th century is unmissable for anyone with even a passing interest in erotic art.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.