A public display of prehistoric space rocks is named for the Namibian village where they were found.

Be careful not to get trampled at this lively two thousand-year-old market.

A lush desert oasis in the shape of a narrow crescent.

Natives of this mud-brick desert village use an ancient irrigation system to grow sweet, seedless grapes.

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

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

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

This ratty natural history collection is a charming relic among a city rushing into modernity.

A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an eighth-century Buddhist master.

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

Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

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

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.