The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

The best-preserved ancient theater in the world.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Named after the Goddess of Harvests, Annapurna is the deadliest member of the Eight-thousanders club.

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

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.