This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

The place where World War I began.

An apparition of Virgin Mary in Herzegovina.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

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

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

A model village fit for an emperor.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

Named after the Goddess of Harvests, Annapurna is the deadliest member of the Eight-thousanders club.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

A Buddha-filled cave that is named after a giant monster spider.

A grand example of 19th century Burmese teak architecture, and the most significant of Mandalay's historic buildings.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

A palace destined to never house a king.

An abandoned Cambodian resort that mirrored the downfall of the country as it was happening.