This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

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.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

A wealth of plants and horticultural curiosities fill this charmingly antique museum.

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

Drive past the giant fruit sculptures and up to the window for a menu of fruity treats.

A small troop of Japanese macaques live peacefully in the heart of this Tasmanian city.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

The largest cactus farm in Africa.

This amazing oasis of art and plants is hidden on the outskirts of Marrakesh.

This medieval city gate is now a blend of the past and the modern world.

A clay house decorated with ceramic chips in Tianjin.

A spectacular annual festival centers around humans throwing molten iron against a wall at night.

China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.