A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

A hyper-remote desert cave dramatized in "The English Patient."

This 7th-century monastery was sacked by Saladin.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

A cramped wooden attic that once housed one of the world's first movie studios.

With a surface area of nearly 500 square meters, welcome to the world's largest paraboloidal dish solar concentrator.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

This church's unusual design comes from its previous life as a mortuary station.

Limestone caves in the Cambodian countryside, once the site of genocide, now a place of peaceful beauty.

Take a hidden path to the mouth of the cave to watch millions of bats swarm at sunset.

This copper-coated, multi-arched dome is surrounded by a moat and lights up at night.

From a distance, this statue of an eagle looks like a giant chicken on a stick.

This roadside attraction became locally famous for its unintentionally phallic shape.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

Time has stopped at the house where Gandhi died.