This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

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

Jumping-off point for a climb up Mt. Everest is the most dangerous airport in the world.

Last stop before the top of the highest peak in the world.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

A model village fit for an emperor.

An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.

An incredibly random collection of wax figures is displayed in a shopping center walkway.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

Mostly underground in the old days Back in the USSR, today the Beatles beckon to tourists from a wall sculpture out in the open in central Russia.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.