This former charity hospital for elderly clergy houses some of Seville’s most treasured paintings.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

This burial cave houses around 100 ancient coffins, neatly stacked to form a massive wall.

This tiny island protects a number of rare bird species by only allowing visitors to set foot on the beach.

Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.

Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

These medieval stone-cut Buddhist statues may protect visitors from being fired.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

This amusement park brings a little slice of England to the heart of Kyushu.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.