The world's largest bust sculpture celebrates the Hindu deity, Shiva.

A former palace designed for the consorts of the Travancore royal dynasty.

This bright pink Gandhi memorial was built so that sunshine hits a specific spot on his birthday.

This ancient Hindu temple is covered in thousands of colorful statues and has a long mythological history.

A collection of crumbling mansions stand as a reminder of a more prosperous time in this Indian village.

A reconstructed farm shows what life was like in Norway 1,500 years ago.

A little Lady Liberty stands in the Norway town where the copper for the real thing came from.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

Ruins of two abandoned stations destroyed by the power they sought to harness.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

A thin pane of glass keeps visitors from sliding off this futuristic skywalk.

Longest road tunnel in the world features an air treatment plant and the illusion of daylight.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

The rusted hull of a WWII German destroyer pokes above the surface in a Norwegian fjord.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

Bright Indonesian villages painted in a rainbow of competing color schemes.

This Indonesian village was revitalized by a vibrant rainbow paint job.

The "Versailles of the Jungle" built by a dictator is now a decaying shadow of its hubristic grandeur.

This nearly abandoned plantation was once witness to an eclipse that proved Einstein's theory of relativity.

The waters of these secluded falls are said to have healing powers.

The innovative Nigerian floating school that may just be a glimpse into the future of design in a world of troubling climate changes.

Topless shrine of northern Ghana.