On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

This antique rail car has been reborn as an urban cafe.

This well held a sacred source of water supposedly unleashed from the barren rocks by a wizard-like archbishop.

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?

Hundreds of mummies in a silent room, some with eerily pained expressions preserved on their faces.

A paradisical gorge with rapids, waterfalls, and wildlife whose raw beauty is the stuff of CGI movies.

These delicate ruins need more tourists to keep them from fading away.

The world's largest clay lick, where parrots gather to snack.

A jungle cave in Peru of unknown depths, otherworldly sounds, and strange nocturnal birds that navigate by echolocation.

Extraordinary rock formations in open Peruvian fields.

The world's fifth tallest waterfall is a spectacular silver chute of water that cuts through the cloud forest in northern Peru.

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

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

Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.

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

A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

Buying your medicine at this particular pharmacy is like taking a trip back in time.