A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

A shrine honoring a legendary ghost bride lies within this vibrant temple.

This unique formation is characterized by hexagonal basalt rocks stacked in unique formations.

A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

One of the world's oldest olive trees, thought to be over 2,000 years old.

A 13th-century convent where St. Margaret of Hungary spent her teenage years.

A former Roman town that was once the home of Scipio Africanus.

This rare effigy of the author spent years lost in storage.

A special train service transported Sydney's dead from this station to "Necropolis Receiving Houses" at Rookwood Cemetery.

Built over an abandoned train yard, this hidden gem is full of winding paths and offers gorgeous views of Sydney Harbour.

A whimsical menagerie of creatures carved into a 300-year-old tree trunk.

This strange statue depicts a young boy's body with an adult Mozart's head and a single wing.

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

From afar it looks like someone's hat blew into the water, but closer inspection reveals a giant floating sculpture.

For the last century, this international border within a small town has appeared and disappeared various times.

A wooden statue of an Estonian pagan god and King of the Setos stands atop a sacred hill.

First point in the Struve Geodetic Arc, a 19th century undertaking to measure the Earth's size and shape.

Before serving as James Bond's Casino Royale, this Victorian-era spa catered to the world's elite.

An army of sleeping knights sculpted by a self-taught local artist beautifully depict an old Czech legend.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.

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