The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

This lake’s emerald green waters are a spectacular sight, but it’s not a great place for a swim.

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

An interactive exhibition space dedicated to the kinetic sculptures of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely.

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

The village's cobblestone streets are lined with shops displaying exquisite copper craftsmanship.

Founded in the 4th-century, the town of Pernik plays host to the Surva Carnival⁠—a magnificent display of masked Kukeri dancers.

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.

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

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.