This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.

A mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas.

Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

A stone troll guards the hike that leads to this waterfall.

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.

A stunning blue-green lake located in the Terskey Alatau mountain range.

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.

Smoked mummies housed in mountainside caves.

A cemetery and the town it served sinks beneath the sea during the volcanic birth of Mt. Vulcan.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Known as the "Valley of the Moon," this Jordanian wadi is one of the most amazing desertscapes on Earth.

Concentrated around the Dead Sea, these surprising canyons are filled with coursing water, fish, and even crabs.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

Amid the rubble of Aleppo's Old Quarter, part of a historic market has been restored and re-opened.

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.