This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

The West's first incursion into the Afghan world lies buried beneath a military base.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

"Would you like your sangria in an IV bag, or straight-up?"

This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

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

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

This popular tourist cave was ignored for almost 200 years before being mined into an attraction.

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

On a small Puerto Rican island, banks of secret naval bunkers lie abandoned and filled with piles of office equipment.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.