Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

A station built to repel pirates now attracts wealthy vacationers.

Taoism, Buddhist and Confucianism are all represented in this temple that claims to answer anyone's wishes.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.

A mouldering Colombian bull ring stands as a reminder of the country's complicated relationship with a brutal sport.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.