This village surrounded by breathtaking waterfalls is one of the wettest places on earth.

The largest Christian church in the country is a complicated symbol of Spanish colonialism.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

One of the holiest places in the region, devotees come to Tirta Empul to bathe in the holy spring water.

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.

This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

A famed artist's inspiring work of peace and tolerance.

While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.

This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.

What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.

A galley-shaped memorial to the prisoners of an infamous fortress.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.