In this African village, the walls of the chief's compound are painted with beautiful traditional designs.

An ancient rock engraving shows Aboriginals used their advanced knowledge of the stars to hunt and gather.

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

The longest fence in the world stretches over 3,000 miles to keep the dingoes out.

This eccentric cave dwelling is bizarre even by the standards of a subterranean town.

One woman's lifelong collection is on display in this unassuming house on an Icelandic fjord.

This elderly couple's hand-picked collection of rare gems is one of the finest in all of Iceland.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

An abandoned brutalist monument whose history has been lost to the ages.

This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.