A brick building in Kathmandu's Durbar Square is home to Nepal's most prominent living goddess.

The oldest Hindu temple complex in Nepal serves as the seat of Nepal’s national deity, Lord Pashupatinath.

This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

This elegant neoclassical garden is a peaceful oasis in the middle of the Nepalese capital.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

Everyone from Alan Ginsberg to The Rolling Stones has stopped by this classic dive bar.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

This misspelled graffiti reappears every time it is removed.

This 13th century Orthodox monastery is built right into the Moldovan cliffside.

Seventy-five miles of limestone caves host more than a million bottles of wine beneath a sleepy Moldovan town.

Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.