The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.

An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

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

Some of the ancient-looking huts among these strange rock formations aren't ancient at all, but built as part of a movie set.

Feed it cash, get your very own gold bar.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

A 19th century pearling and fishing village abandoned before Qatar's economic boom.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.