One man's artistic vision is a small town government's legal battle.

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

A salty cave excavated by elephants and the location of a deadly disease vector.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.

Over 4,700 miles of trees being planted to hold back the desert.

A local pineapple cannery once dumped pineapple trimmings off of this pier, with sometimes smelly results.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

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

Thousand-year-old trees tower within one of the world's only inland temperate rainforests.

One of the word's deepest gorges is also tied to a fantastic legend.

This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.

These serpents are considered holy and pampered accordingly.

Gigantic unfinished stupa and the world's 2nd largest bell.

This magnificent white pagoda was constructed to resemble a sacred Buddhist mountain.

This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."

A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

The largest statue in the world towers at 420 feet high atop another 66 feet of pedestal.

This abandoned stepwell is one of the largest, deepest, and certainly one of the creepiest in India.