The world's second-tallest flagpole stands proud despite dropping rank.

The site of a bloody showdown between invading Iraqi forces and a cell of the popular resistance in Kuwait.

A building facade covered with the statues of 11 giants of Tajik literature.

On the wall of this medieval walkway, a symbol of the Spanish Inquisition.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

Named after the Goddess of Harvests, Annapurna is the deadliest member of the Eight-thousanders club.

Jumping-off point for a climb up Mt. Everest is the most dangerous airport in the world.

The highest monastery in the world operates a tiny guesthouse with doors open to all.

This park is the prime habitat for Nepal’s Bengal tigers.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

The apartment where Pippi Longstocking came to life.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.

Known as "The People's Park," this verdant oasis is home to elephants and villagers alike.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

In Namibia there is an installation that explores the intertwined linguistics and existential beliefs of an imaginary community.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

Held in a fort that once stood for colonization of the area, this museum now tells the history of its indigenous people.