Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.

The largest and, arguably, most scenic fortress in Bhutan.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet your wish will be granted.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

The most confusing clock in New York.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.