The world's largest wooden structure.

This enormous sardine in the Segura River pays tribute to an annual post-Lent tradition.

A folkloric creature relieving itself at the summer solstice

A massive bell inside a Danish library rings to announce the birth of a baby in the city.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

A pocket of jungle amidst urban expansion in Panama.

Feast on coconut crab curry at one of Thailand’s only outposts of Baba cuisine.

Everything from a plane to your own two feet are needed to reach this jungle resort.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

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

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

The mysterious empty cupola behind the monumental arch points to an ancient prophecy of Delhi.

This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.

This cave was the former seat of power for two brothers who ruled together as kings.

Volcanic rocks ground down into sand make this Spanish beach as black as night.

Marvel at this massive waterspout fueled by the incoming tide.

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

One of Minoan Crete's most famous images, a crowned, lily-adorned figure striding through a garden, was largely invented in the 1900s from a handful of surviving fragments, and archaeologists still argue about what it actually shows.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

The largest salt lake in the Sahara is mysteriously alluring.

The largest and best-preserved Roman amphitheater in Africa was designed to seat 35,000 people.