A mysterious ancient cemetery with Roman sarcophagi and Lycian inscriptions.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

A grand example of 19th century Burmese teak architecture, and the most significant of Mandalay's historic buildings.

This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."

Luxurious devotion and 500,000 images of Buddha in Myanmar.

These serpents are considered holy and pampered accordingly.

Myanmar's Mount Olympus atop a 2,500-foot volcanic plug.

These muddy eruptions are less deadly than actual volcanoes but also more holy.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

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

This stretch of Canadian road was named after a nickname that stuck so hard the city had to keep it.

The most northerly active sand dunes in the world have some very rare botanical residents.

Lebanon's highest point offers expansive views, martian terrains, and eerie ski lifts.

The largest hewn stone in history.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Museum covers every step of the chocolate-making process, from cultivation to the finished product.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.