Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A Romanian church built from one single oak.

A pocket of jungle amidst urban expansion in Panama.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

A natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.

This Gothic Revival castle used as a shooting location for "The Secret Garden" and other films.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

This elephant kraal is the only one remaining in Thailand, dating back to the 16th century when these massive mammals were integral players in war and trade.

The Australian lorikeets that like to tie one on in an annual drinking binge.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

Submerged busts of communist and socialist figures from the USSR.

Exquisite examples prehistoric bas-relief carvings.

One of the deepest blue holes in the world.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.