Mountains

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.

For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

A brisk climb up this solitary peak leads to the origin story of a towering figure in Irish history.

Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

The ancient Greek Titan guards this massive dam holding a lightning bolt to symbolize electricity.

Take a giant yellow bird cage to the top of Elba's highest mountain.

This spire on an Austrian mountain is wrapped around a long spiral slide and has the world's tallest wooden observation deck.