The oldest teak bridge in the world is made from the remains of a royal palace.

A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.

Standing proud atop a Turkish bluff, this Ottoman palace has retained its grandeur despite being abandoned for centuries.

An ancient church on a tiny island covered in stone bible stories has controversially been turned into a museum.

Marked by the hand of the explorer Henry Morton Stanley.

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

Two islands just 4 km apart separated by an International Border and Date Line.

In a strange timezone anomaly, Daylight Saving Time here sets the clocks forward just 30 minutes.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

Off-limits and full of venomous pit vipers, Brazil’s Snake Island has a frighteningly apt nickname.

A newspaper editor turned this abandoned island into a tortoise nature preserve that's now the world's smallest national park.

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

The red crab exhibits one of the most spectacular migrations on earth, despite manmade obstacles.

Explore a uniquely pristine Borneo forest, now protected by former headhunters turned tour guides.

The second generation of a mighty volcano rises from the sea.

A mostly desolate bar on a remote island hosts hundreds of sailors for a few days each year.

A hundred and twenty year old twelve story lighthouse located on a beautiful Indonesian island.

These broken shards of ancient ruin may hide an ancient pyramid.

These 40,000-year-old stenciled hands are older than the famous cave art in France and Spain.

This sacred cave temple is home to thousands of bats and according to legend, a giant snake king.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

This Sumatran root bridge took almost 30 years to knit itself together.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.