Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

Home to what was once considered the largest gate in central Asia.

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.

The remains of an ancient city-state along the Silk Road.

A Sri Lankan tea factory's ironic take on the Los Angeles landmark.

This fort dates back to 1588 and was colonized by the Portuguese, Dutch, and English and sits prominently on the Indian Ocean where azure water lap the coast.

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

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

Watch butterflies take flight before you fly.

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

Luxurious devotion and 500,000 images of Buddha in Myanmar.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

This historic system is the zero level benchmark for measuring the depths and altitudes of the Baltic.

During the Soviet era, the medieval capital of Volga Bulgaria served as a substitute for Mecca.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

Fascinating early attempt at a Jewish autonomous settlement.

Europe's highest peak is a key pillar of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.