Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

A well kept and well documented look at the Bruneian Sultan's life and successes.

Malaysia's floating mosque.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

A massive metal lobster welcomes tourists to a roadside restaurant.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."