This neo-Gothic monastery offers a rare chance to witness the unique maned wolf right up close.

The remains of a British railway rusting in the jungle mist of a Brazilian mountainside.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

The bookstore with bookshelves built into unlikely places.

An overlooked collection of over 350,000 artistic works created by psychiatric patients using art therapy.

The largest open-air contemporary art center in Latin America is a unique experience in the Atlantic Forest.

A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.

Eduardo Kobra’s breathtaking 32,300-square-foot graffiti wall took over Rio’s Olympic Boulevard.

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

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

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

Dozens of snakes are housed and worshipped within the walls of this Vodun temple.

A monument to the more than one million enslaved Africans deported from the port of Ouidah.

A piece of India inside a piece of Bangladesh inside a piece of India inside a piece of Bangladesh.

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

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

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

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

Splashes of blue in an otherwise monotonous lunar landscape.

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.

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

A tropical rainforest designed to resemble a scene from the monumental film.