Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

A deeply beautiful 15th-century stepwell with a tragic story.

This beautiful arched gate is all that remains of the fortress the ancient mountaintop town of Amadiya once was.

A curious carving hides on a marble column in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.

A roadside spring pooling in an old bathtub where anyone can stop and sip.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

Of all the origin stories for weed's secret code, this one likely has the goods.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

A tiny, remote island packed with wonders both natural and geeky.

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

From 135 feet high riders plunge down the world's tallest freestanding body slide at 65 mph.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

The ancient water tanks remain some of the ruined city’s most beautiful architecture.

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

The Bourbon royal family had this unique octagonal hunting "cottage" built on a tiny islet in Lake Fusaro.