Once an impressive link to Afghanistan’s Buddhist past, now a sad reminder of intolerance towards other cultures.

Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

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

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

Inhospitable caverns just beneath this island paradise offer insights into alien worlds.

The hottest place on the planet.

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

Africa's Venice on stilts.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

Tower with a double-helix spiral, adorned with letters of the Georgian alphabet.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

A mecca for India's Jains.

Deep in the Thar desert, a temple crawling with thousands of holy rats.

The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.

This abandoned-looking amusement park is frighteningly open for business.

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.

Massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

Plagued by riots, celebrity injuries and a tragic death, this amusement park has been demolished.

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."