Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

The place where World War I began.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

A tiny museum in Esperance, Australia, displays a bunch of space debris from NASA’s Skylab.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

Hang out with thousands of butterflies in one of the world's largest such enclosures.