This elegant neoclassical garden is a peaceful oasis in the middle of the Nepalese capital.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

The largest tea plantation in Southeast Asia supplies gorgeous vistas alongside tea for the surrounding countries.

This dangerous-looking suspension bridge may have been too unstable to remain open.

One of the largest caverns in the world has a maw large enough to stack cathedrals in.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

This beautifully restored fortification kept the city safe for centuries.

This bazaar is one of the oldest in the Arabian world.

An imposing Omani fortress surrounded by date palm trees.

This spectacular mosque houses the second-largest chandelier in the world.

A sinkhole and now a swimming hole, too, full of dazzling turquoise water.

This unassuming tree stump reportedly traces its roots to the famous pharaoh queen's reign.

A network of ancient Egyptian tombs built into the cliff face along the Nile.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.

A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.

Cuba's historical trains remind natives of their country's sugary sweet past.

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."