Icod de los Vinos, Spain
Drago Milenario
This local emblem is the oldest and largest dragon tree in the Canary Islands.
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Icod de los Vinos, Spain
This local emblem is the oldest and largest dragon tree in the Canary Islands.
Boa Vista, Cabo Verde
Once a bustling fishing village and trading post, today these Cape Verde ruins provide a home only for seabirds and turtles.
Longwood, Saint Helena
Napoleon’s home in exile, decorated with poisonous wallpaper.
Ilanga, South Africa
Environmentally crucial raptors like eagles and vultures are kept and protected in this massive sanctuary.
Mauritius
Only two of these trees remain in the natural world, found high in the cloud forest of the island of Mauritius.
Zanzibar, Tanzania
Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.
Anse Royale, Seychelles
You can find more than 200 species of tropical plants at this garden owned by a former ambassador.
Moyenne Island, Seychelles
A newspaper editor turned this abandoned island into a tortoise nature preserve that's now the world's smallest national park.
Munnar, India
At 8,000 feet, the world's highest tea estate draws visitors for both its products and its panoramic views.
Colombo, Sri Lanka
This space rocket-like Buddhist stupa sits atop two giant arches and can be seen from out at sea.
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Why is there a vintage Rolls Royce in this Buddhist temple?
Kumbakonam, India
This temple contains what might be the world's oldest optical illusion.
Mahabalipuram, India
This precariously balanced boulder is said to be a hunk of stolen butter dropped by the gods.
Kolkata, India
The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.
Singapore
This fountain was once heralded as the largest in the world.
Singapore
A gorgeous gilded tower houses what may be the world's largest collection of gin.
Singapore
A ring of soy sauce bottle bases decorate an important Singaporean landmark.
Singapore
Singapore's Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West is a social hotspot for songbirds and their humans.
Singapore
The confluence of modernist and traditional architecture in this religious complex reflects the history of both the living and the dead being uprooted, displaced, and rehoused.
Da Nang, Vietnam
This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.
Hòa Vang, Vietnam
This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.
Halong City, Vietnam
Ha Long Bay's "Cave of Surprises" houses a popular phallic rock formation.
Las Pinas, Philippines
Church organ in the Philippines constructed out of bamboo.
Taguig, Philippines
The largest United States military cemetery overseas.