An abandoned settlement originally established by British colonialists in the Andaman archipelago.

The largest market in Guyana, designed and built by the Edge Moor Iron Company of Delaware.

A monument to Cuffy, a rebellious enslaved person who became a national hero in Guyana.

Though dynamited and defaced, the statue still stands outside the law courts in Georgetown, Guyana.

A brick arch is all that remains of this Dutch fort, once a focal point for colonial power struggles in Guyana.

Georgetown’s most impressive building is also one of the tallest wooden churches in the world.

This centuries-old tree tells an unusual tale of vegetation and fertility in the desert.

This beautifully historic Bahrain fortress might not be the most popular attraction around, but that might make it all the better.

Skyscraper powered by wind turbines attached between its towers.

A former palace transformed into a mausoleum for North Korea's supreme leaders.

This North Korean pegasus statue was built as a symbol of the speed and perseverance of North Korean workers.

One of the largest public squares in the world, named after the former DPRK supreme leader.

A bizarre collection of gifts to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il from the despots of the world.

A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.

At the center of an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean is a deep chasm ringed by tall waterfalls.

Réunion Island's highest point is a 2 million-year-old volcano and a paraglider's paradise.

At the foot of an active volcano sits a church miraculously spared by its lava.

French scientists make up the majority of the few humans to occupy this remote island in the extreme southern Indian Ocean.

Scattered ruins and a tiny cemetery are all that remain of a failed attempt to colonize the inhospitable Desolate Islands.

Legend says those who drink from this trickle of water are destined to return to Montserrat.

George Martin's Caribbean recording studio now rots within the shadow of an active volcano.

Divers can encounter an abandoned warship encircled by a giant kraken submerged in the British Virgin Islands.

A mountain of conch shells created by centuries of fishermen.

This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.