Baku, Azerbaijan
Heydar Aliyev Center
The building's fluid, wavelike walls are a true feat of architectural ingenuity.
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Baku, Azerbaijan
The building's fluid, wavelike walls are a true feat of architectural ingenuity.
Bahamas
They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.
Big Major Cay, Bahamas
In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.
Havana, Cuba
Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."
Petra District, Jordan
An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.
Badrshein, Egypt
This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.
Viña del Mar, Chile
Built for the 1962 World Cup, this fully functioning botanical clock is still ticking.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.
Canela, Brazil
This attraction is devoted to the wonders of steam power and features a replica of one of its most public disasters.
Foz do Iguaçu, Argentina
A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.
Bolivia
On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.
Daniel Campos, Bolivia
A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.
Min Kun, Myanmar
Gigantic unfinished stupa and the world's 2nd largest bell.
Mandalay, Myanmar
The oldest teak bridge in the world is made from the remains of a royal palace.
New Delhi, India
A blooming house of worship for the masses.
Moscow, Russia
Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.
Moscow, Russia
The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.
Auckland, New Zealand
The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.
Hot Water Beach, New Zealand
Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.
Sossusvlei, Namibia
This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.
Namibia
Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.