A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

The oldest arboretum on the Dalmatian coast doubles as the gardens of Kings Landing in "Game of Thrones."

Once a state-of-the-art tuberculosis treatment spa, these ruins are now ruled by paintball players.

Remains of military submarines built in secret jungle factories by the Tamil guerrillas' naval wing.

A neglected bell tower in modern Colombo is a symbol of the city's colonial past.

The first and only planetarium in Sri Lanka.

A massive fallen water tank bombed by the Tamil Tigers in the final stages of the long Sri Lankan Civil War.

This sacred fig tree with a link to the Buddha is one of the oldest human-planted trees in the world.

This elaborate temple was built around one of the Buddha's teeth.

To gaze upon the visage of Sri Lanka's biggest Buddha, one must first pass through the Tunnel of Hell.

Pettah's beautiful floating market was once a stinky canal in a sketchy industrial area.

This luscious masterpiece created by landscape designer Bevis Bawa inspired the work of his brother, a famous Sri Lankan architect.

This rural Sri Lankan village hides a cluster of small, enigmatic stupas.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

This amazing oasis of art and plants is hidden on the outskirts of Marrakesh.

The largest cactus farm in Africa.

These abandoned ruins in the middle of Jaffna have withstood centuries of tumultuous power struggles.

Seven beautiful 1,000-year-old rock-cut Buddhist statues.

The remains of a 37,000-year-old prehistoric society were discovered in this mammoth cave, one of the largest in Asia.