One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

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

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

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

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

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

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.