The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

This botanical garden boasts sculptures, industrial ruins, and an endorsement from the Dalai Lama.

Nineteen ancient rock-cut Buddhist caves can be found on the outskirts of Mumbai.

The largest salt lake in the Sahara is mysteriously alluring.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.

A little theme park full of miniature monasteries and churches, made by hand.

An unusual cave filled with rare alien-looking aragonite formations.

An abandoned 19th-century iron factory perched along the outskirts of an idyllic village.

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

Climb around the high waterfalls on series of iron ladders and bridges within the wildest gorge in the Slovak Paradise.

Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

A New Hampshire grave with a grudge.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

These sea caves are the source of Xigia Beach's distinct aroma.

These abandoned salt flats are now a haven for wildlife.

Thousands of years of crashing waves gave this mushroom-shaped rock its svelte figure.

The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.