This ruined fort and statue are a testament to the last king of Kaua‘i’s savvy diplomacy skills, which briefly brought Russians to Hawai‘i.

Wandering this ancient burial place offers a glimpse of the afterlife in the fresco-adorned tombs of an ancient Etruscan civilization.

A surprising number of shipwrecks visible just off the Somaliland coast.

Climb and walk into the crater of one of the youngest volcanoes on Earth.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

This weird, elephant-shaped rock also hosts two ancient tombs.

A lonely medieval monastery on an uninhabited island.

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

This ancient city was home to one of the greatest schools of Greek philosophy.

This uncanny fresco celebrating the "triumph of death" was split into four pieces to be moved to another museum.

Walk into an underground archeological dig, the site of the Roman Forum that was once the center of Valencia.

Tall columns of volcanic basalt make up this improbable-seeming rock formation.

An active seahorse farm is currently saving Tasmania's handfish from extinction.

An ice field known for harboring an infamous Martian meteorite turned out to contain the oldest air on Earth.

Though an earthquake destroyed this village in 1980, one former resident still walks its streets every day.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

In Lago Superiore, the largest expanse of lotus flowers outside of Asia is hard to miss.

The name of the only golden Buddhist temple in Korea translates as "the temple that protects the country."

A unique structure located on the grounds of one of five grand palaces that were built by the Joseon dynasty.

Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.

One of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridges.

The supreme shrine of the state.

This Roman underground canal was the longest tunnel ever built until the late 19th-century.

This 13th-century monastery chiseled into the side of a mountain is equipped with a bridge that can be lifted to protect against raids.