Human ancestor’s 3.6 million year-old footprints.

The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.

The bookstore with bookshelves built into unlikely places.

This small uninhabited island offers Galapagos-like biodiversity.

One of Sydney's oldest graveyards hides in plain sight behind a hospital.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.

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

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

This centuries-old tree tells an unusual tale of vegetation and fertility in the desert.

This beautifully historic Bahrain fortress might not be the most popular attraction around, but that might make it all the better.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

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

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.