World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

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

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.

The world's largest neutrino telescope searches for secrets of the universe at the South Pole.

One of the tallest buildings in Africa provides a great view of Johannesburg's unique geography.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

The once great capital of Egypt now crumbles forward as evocative ruins.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.