On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.

A tropical paradise once home to space exploration and military installations.

Where a rare geological phenomenon created a section of rock that resembles a checkerboard.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

Sculpture designed by Turkish artist and professor Mehmet Ali Uysal.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

This rare collection of human deformities displays fetuses with two faces, one eye, and "mermaid" legs.

Under the desolate and windswept northern coast of Barbados stands a small oasis filled with sea anemones.

This popular tourist cave was ignored for almost 200 years before being mined into an attraction.

A tiny mosque decorated with mosaics using an early form of recycling.

The untimely death of a dignitary's daughter led to this fort being abandoned before it was ever finished.

One of the largest and most scenic of Bangladesh's tea gardens.

A beautiful stretch of Bangladeshi river known for its high quality sand is possibly more remarkable for its color changing water.