Only the foundation remains of the rest stop building that was hit by three large tsunami waves, killing 47 visitors.

This elaborate temple was built around one of the Buddha's teeth.

This sign marks the entrance to a tiny proto-state within the small country of Moldova.

A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

The last permanent exhibit dedicated to the Soviet leader.

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

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

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Home inspired by the crystal rock formation of the Emerald Estates.