Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

After 400 years of being closed to the public, this monastery's underground tunnels and secret garden are now a museum.

This spectacular dome managed to survive after being bombed in World War II, in an event known as the "Miracle of Mosta."

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

This 50-foot-deep sinkhole created in the 14th century is home to rare plants and fungi.

The bones of prehistoric animals and early signs of human habitation have been found inside Malta's "cave of darkness."

This garage is frozen in the late 1990s, full of rare and untouched cars and motorcycles.

All that remains of a Japanese fishing vessel that ran aground in 1982.

The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

From atop a hill at the center of Cape Town, a cannon has been signalling the time since 1806.

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

“The oddest pub in South Africa,” inspired by a practical joke.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

The narrowest street in Paris.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

The remains of the medieval wall that once surrounded Paris with ties to the construction of the Louvre.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.