This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

This beautiful spit of land was once the summer playground of the king of Spain.

The name of this suspended sculpture is Latin for "high horse," which is exactly what it is.

One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.

Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.

This Bordeaux parking garage has 712 indoor spaces, and one outdoor.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.

Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

A safari-themed castle in the South African bush with the largest maze in the southern hemisphere.

Largest cave system in Africa.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

A brick building in Kathmandu's Durbar Square is home to Nepal's most prominent living goddess.

This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

Last stop before the top of the highest peak in the world.

A Himalayan monastery claims to have a piece of a centuries-old abominable snowman.

Jumping-off point for a climb up Mt. Everest is the most dangerous airport in the world.