You can swim in these highly salty, mesmerizingly blue lakes in the Atacama Desert.

A salty cave excavated by elephants and the location of a deadly disease vector.

An ancient Phoenician citadel once stood at the site where Queen Dido first landed, according to legend.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.

The world's longest nonstop reversible cable car soars through spectacular scenery to the medieval Tatev Monastery.

A tower built by an emperor for an antelope.

This famed Silk Road oasis was one of the largest cities in the world before it was destroyed by a Mongol horde.

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

This centuries-old tree has been a witness to some of the most important events in the history of the Philippines.

This memorial commemorates where a Japanese commander surrendered to Allied forces on September 3, 1945.

The only such mummy that remains accessible to the public.

These caves are full of coffins, but we can't say who the bodies belong to.

Dedicated to the three priests whose execution inspired author José Rizal.

The largest United States military cemetery overseas.

This unusual island has a winding sand bridge that only appears at low tide.

This massive Roman Catholic rosary is composed entirely of wood.

The cemetery was built for the Spanish colonial elite, but its most famous residents were all buried in unmarked graves.

This burial cave houses around 100 ancient coffins, neatly stacked to form a massive wall.

Just off the road outside Baguio, a gigantic lion's head carved into a mountain greets those driving by.

Church organ in the Philippines constructed out of bamboo.

The ruins on a deserted tropical island in the Philippines bear the scars of WWII.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

Smoked mummies housed in mountainside caves.