Arequipa, Peru
Monasterio de Santa Catalina
This 16th-century monastery was founded to cloister the daughters of wealthy local families.
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Arequipa, Peru
This 16th-century monastery was founded to cloister the daughters of wealthy local families.
Ninacaca, Peru
A colorful Peruvian city of the dead.
Kyoto, Japan
A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.
New Delhi, India
Visit a haunted Mughal mosque and the tomb of a Sufi saint and his disciple.
New Delhi, India
India's first open-air public art district sits in the heart of the country's capital.
New Delhi, India
Time has stopped at the house where Gandhi died.
Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan
Home to what was once considered the largest gate in central Asia.
Ulugnor District, Uzbekistan
One of the most ethnically diverse spots on the planet.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.
Al Madam, United Arab Emirates
An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.
Egypt
An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.
Cairo, Egypt
An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.
Nubia, Egypt
Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.
Boston, Massachusetts
Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.
Boston, Massachusetts
Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Singapore
This house is one of the most colorful in the country, and is the last remaining example of a historic villa.
Singapore
A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.
Galveston, Texas
A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.
Galveston, Texas
This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.
Tokyo, Japan
Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.
Kyoto, Japan
A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.
Kyoto, Japan
Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.