Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

A crash site in the heart of polar bear territory has become a beloved local landmark.

Step aboard the first ship to circumnavigate North America.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

These abundant, over-the-top monuments are so widely scattered that they define the entire compact capital cityscape, often leading to jokes about whether there are more statues than residents.

In the hometown of the Catholic saint and Nobel Peace Prize winner, a memorial dedicated to her legacy.

A scenic UNESCO site that doubles as a habitat for various forms of wildlife.

The largest Roman amphitheater in the Balkans once held over 20,000 people, but managed to lay hidden for hundreds of years.

According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

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

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

The first religious structure on the island of Luzon and a survivor of World War II.

These tiny pine-covered islands have inspired art and poetry for centuries.

A sacred place for ascetic training, set in a honeycomb-walled cliffside cave deep in the woods.

The Buddhist temples of Yamadera, built into a mountain side, feature a viewing deck with sweeping views.

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

The seat of the lost Ryukyu Kingdom has survived numerous fires and wars over the centuries.

The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?

Established hundreds of years ago, Gandan remains the premier Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar.