The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.

This tiny uninhabited islet off the coast of Norfolk Island was formed by blowing sand from nearby dunes.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

In a strange timezone anomaly, Daylight Saving Time here sets the clocks forward just 30 minutes.

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

A black and white solution to the Bolivian city's traffic problems.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

An unassuming house in Wisconsin hides a transient artist’s magnum opus.

The only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure in the architect's hometown.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

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

This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.

The final stronghold of a king whose feet never touched the ground.