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

According to legend, this temple was built to pin down the body of a demoness who lay across the Himalayas.

This Bhutanese site is one of eight sacred locales established by a revered 14th-century Buddhist master.

This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.

This 17th-century Bhutanese monastery is ensconced in Buddhist legend.

One of Bhutan's oldest temples was purportedly built to halt a giant female ogre from preventing the spread of Buddhism across Tibet.

This penis-focused monastery is dedicated to Buddhism's "Divine Madman."

This colorful overpass is one of Bhutan's longest suspension bridges.

The largest and, arguably, most scenic fortress in Bhutan.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

Captured in 1968, the Cold War spy ship is the only U.S. Navy vessel being held by a foreign government.

Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.

A seemingly simple canyon that was the backdrop to a number of famous movies.

An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

This Kathmandu museum, built in an Austrian modernist style, looks like a set from Star Wars.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

The original movie set for the home of 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker.

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.

A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'

A charming Amazigh village carved into a mountaintop.