A Zoroastrian funerary tower where excarnation rituals are carried out is threatened by the area's dwindling vulture population.

One of the tallest mountains in India was closed for years after a botched CIA mission.

This precariously balanced boulder is said to be a hunk of stolen butter dropped by the gods.

Picnic on the seashore in the footsteps of ancient kings, protected by giant mythical cat beasts.

Known as the leaning temple, the sacred structure has somehow developed a severe nine-degree slant.

This magnificent 18th-century hall consists of a maze of nearly a thousand interconnected passages.

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

One of Indonesia's tallest, this waterfall takes a 390-foot plunge into the Lake Toba caldera.

Concrete balls on wires constructed to stop train surfing in Indonesia.

A mostly desolate bar on a remote island hosts hundreds of sailors for a few days each year.

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

Monks in the empyreal Alazani River valley have preserved their 1,000-year-old winemaking tradition.

You'll find just about anything in this funky Tbilisi flea market.

This belfry is all that remains of the town that was buried by a violent volcano eruption.

Disaster prevention apartment blocks in Sumida Ward are designed to save as many as possible in the face of the inevitable.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.

The buildings are among the few Frank Lloyd Wright structures still standing in Japan.

High in the mountains of Kochi Prefecture, a magnificent library designed by a world-famous architect.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?