Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

One native village in Bali lays their dead at the foot of a holy tree whose natural fragrance seems to hide the stench as the bodies decompose.

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

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

One of the holiest places in the region, devotees come to Tirta Empul to bathe in the holy spring water.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.