This colorful palace is an oasis of calm amid the hustle and bustle of the Buriganga riverfront.

Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.

After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

At first glance, little checkered structures on the hillside look like they house the living, not the dead.

A city continually buried under the ash of a volcano that has been erupting for more than 15 years.

Museum dedicated to overthrowing the Soviets, complete with diorama of Soviets being beaten to death with shovels.

What was once supposed to be the symbol of a shining Afghan future is now a bombed-out ruin.

Despite a history of destruction, this former citadel survives to document Afghanistan's oft overlooked history.

A sobering museum dedicated to landmines and the personnel working to remove them from Afghanistan.

Once an impressive link to Afghanistan’s Buddhist past, now a sad reminder of intolerance towards other cultures.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

Are they the remains of a fallen hotel, or the final stronghold for escaped Nazis?

Conifers from the Jurassic Period transformed into stone in Patagonia.

An ancient forest of the Paleocene Age turned to stone.

This magnificent abandoned hotel has long been haunted by its Nazi past.

With the Wild Bunch hunted almost to extinction and the law closing in on him, Butch Cassidy fled to this remote cabin in Argentina.

Mysterious and ancient carved standing stones.

Visit this odd display of indigenous style in Argentine wine country.

Mineral springs believed to hold therapeutic properties draw in visitors from all over.

A brightly colored natural bridge formed by mineral-rich hot springs high up in the Andes.

Massive rock sculptures formed during the time of the dinosaurs still stand undisturbed.

A toxic lake near a volcanic caldera that is home to flamingos and other life.