Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

Everything from a plane to your own two feet are needed to reach this jungle resort.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Fifteen Jodhpur queens left their handprints before going to their fiery death.

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.

Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland's second largest island emit an entrancing sound.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Stone Age solar temple is aligned with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.

This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

Largest private bird collection in Iceland, formed from a tragic accident.

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.