This former royal palace with gorgeous gardens became the first museum in Morocco.

This amazing oasis of art and plants is hidden on the outskirts of Marrakesh.

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

A mud volcano in Indonesia spews out 50,000 cubic meters of mud every day.

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

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

A Buddhist shrine in a cave protected by macaques next to dark passages lined with creepy paintings.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

At the right time of day, sunlight floods through the roof of this cave and illuminates the small pavilion hidden within.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.

The ancient abodes are a testament to human ingenuity amid harsh climates.

The largest Neolithic ruins in the world hide a notably clean prehistoric metropolis.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

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