Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

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

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

Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.

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

Former host to the World Elephant Polo Championships.

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

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

The largest pool at its elevation sits on top of one of the most expensive resorts in the world.

The largest tea plantation in Southeast Asia supplies gorgeous vistas alongside tea for the surrounding countries.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

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

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.