Last stop before the top of the highest peak in the world.

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

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

Known as the "Queen of Beach Markets," Calangute epitomizes Goa's beach flea market scene.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

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

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

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