The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

The largest piece of no man's land left on Earth.

Underground farm located in a former bank vault deep within the bowels of Tokyo's business district.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

A well kept and well documented look at the Bruneian Sultan's life and successes.

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

Skyscraper powered by wind turbines attached between its towers.

This seemingly random 30-foot statue of an oryx in Qatar's capital was a mascot for the 2006 Asian Games.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

The largest hewn stone in history.

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.