This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

Squeezing inside this deep, narrow canyon reveals a festival of desert colors.

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

In the waters outside Helsinki, a tiny island once used as a military outpost now welcomes visitors.

This restaurant combines two Finnish traditions in one place: warm-weather relaxation and outdoor carpet-cleaning.

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

This impressive clifftop temple was once at the center of an international custody dispute.

This Cambodian riverbed is covered in ancient Hindu carvings both above and below the waters.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

A small 12th-century temple surrounded by waters believed to have curative properties.

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.

A secluded, little-known temple hidden amid the dense jungle.

This enormous gold Buddha statue was hidden inside a stucco decoy for centuries.

Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.

A giant baby floats in the middle of Singapore’s nature park.

The oldest museum in Borneo is a cornucopia of rare taxidermy and human skulls.

Malaysia's floating mosque.

This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.