This historic electric train has operated with regularity since the early 1900s.

This iconic statue pays tribute to a renowned local artist.

This historical manor is complete with a magnificent garden.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.

The ruins of an ancient Zoroastrian Tower of Silence believed to be the earliest example of the traditional funerary practice.

Controversially restored in the 1970s, this giant 15th-century mosque is shrouded in legend.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Built entirely of interlocking pieces, construction of this Chinese Muslim house of worship required zero nails.

A boulder carved into the shape of the cosmonaut's head.

Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

This compact temple is filled with garlands of colorful balls that represent restrained monkeys.

Within the Dadès Gorge, amazing vistas and towering cliff faces can be seen at each new curve and bend in the road.

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.