A small museum in the Golden Triangle tells the story of the opium drug trade that gripped Northern Thailand.

Thousands of bats stream out of caves every night on the edge on Thailand's second largest park.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.

A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

This sacred fig tree with a link to the Buddha is one of the oldest human-planted trees in the world.

This elaborate temple was built around one of the Buddha's teeth.

According to Hindu belief, this shallow island chain was created by a god with an army of monkeys.

A Bohemian "anti-hotel" offers off-kilter stays in Sri Lanka.

Once thought to be the Garden of Eden it holds a holy footprint claimed to belong to Adam, Buddha and Shiva.

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

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

Everything from a plane to your own two feet are needed to reach this jungle resort.

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

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

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

Mostly underground in the old days Back in the USSR, today the Beatles beckon to tourists from a wall sculpture out in the open in central Russia.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.