An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

Ecuador's first Catholic church was built by Spanish conquistadors in 1534.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.

Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.

The nation’s first institution dedicated to the conservation of Bhutanese textiles.

This restaurant gives a new meaning to farm-to-table cuisine.

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.

Giant granite sculptures representing family on the northern coast of Spain.

Local legend says that whoever burns down this 2,000-year-old tree will only have seven days to live.

A forsaken beachfront condo abandoned after the Boxing Day Tsunami.

This salad has two key ingredients: hearts of palm and green ice cream.

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

You can swim in these highly salty, mesmerizingly blue lakes in the Atacama Desert.

A horse statue that receives constant makeovers from graffiti artists and locals.

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

A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard.