This sacred fig tree with a link to the Buddha is one of the oldest human-planted trees in the world.

This rural Sri Lankan village hides a cluster of small, enigmatic stupas.

Pettah's beautiful floating market was once a stinky canal in a sketchy industrial area.

This mesmerizing architectural wonder will take your breath away with its unusual color patterns.

Why is there a vintage Rolls Royce in this Buddhist temple?

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.

Just outside Lesotho's capital city, a rock formation takes the shape of a powerful predator.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

Proof of ancient aliens, or simply a creative way for farm laborers to clear their fields?

Dating back to 1812, this is the oldest racecourse in the Southern Hemisphere.

Réunion Island's highest point is a two-million-year-old volcano and a paraglider's paradise.

On one of the world's most active volcanoes, a pebble-filled crater changes color with the wind.

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

Giant disc-shaped gate took 20 men to close off this city in Madagascar.

Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.

Check the time in 145 countries at once with this East German relic.

A small hippo-shaped fountain in Berlin, Germany.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.