This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

A festival where people vie to be bombarded by exploding clusters of fireworks.

Learn to make this village's specialty: volcanic mud tofu.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

This secret coastal village is studded with pastel-colored houses all piled on top of one another.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

Once described as the "Eagle's Nest," this ruined ancient city rests on a remote mountaintop.

Flames have been burning within this mountain for more than 2,500 years.

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.

A historic shipbuilding town is home to a sail-through fish-and-chips shop.

Hitch a boat ride to dine on stilts while watching wildlife.

Fine dining 20 feet below the surface in the Indian Ocean.