If you dare visit this fort, fire-breathing hyenas might devour your camels.

A 3,000 acre historic oasis and farm in the middle of the UAE's "Green City".

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

A unique configuration of blown glass can be found inside this hotel lobby.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

The ruins of what is considered the world's oldest university.

Siddhartha Gautama sat here and received enlightenment.

Known as the leaning temple, the sacred structure has somehow developed a severe nine-degree slant.

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

The octagonal tower at this important Buddhist site was added many years after the temple's initial construction.

A bulky, ancient stupa marks the site of Siddhartha Gautama's seminal Buddhist teaching.

This pilgrimage site was built to honor an incarnation of Buddha who sacrificed himself to save a tiger and her two cubs.

An ancient art form is kept alive in this corner of Nepal.

A colorful gateway to a historic neighborhood.

A Buddhist nunnery perched high above Kathmandu Valley in the foothills of the Himalayas.

This park is the prime habitat for Nepal’s Bengal tigers.

Over the dunes of the Empty Quarter, the mysterious music of the desert.

Remnants of successive wars and Muslim colonialism in the 11th century.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

One of the oldest art supply stores in the United States.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

High in the Sacramento Mountains, a facility dedicated to studying the sun.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.