Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

Once the foundation for a mansion, these ruins now offer amazing panoramic coastal views.

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

It took 28 years to build this massive statue of the Hindu god Vishnu riding a mythical bird.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

This massive Maya archaeological site is home to the tallest man-made structure in Belize.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

This statue was a gift to commemorate the Thai monarch's first visit to a foreign land.

The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."

The highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore looks like a series of undulating waves rising between two public parks.

A sinkhole known simply as "The Hole."

This tiny, tranquil Senegalese island serves as a powerful symbol of the Atlantic slave trade.

A 19th-century architectural masterpiece with ties to Gustave Eiffel.

This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.

Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.