The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.

A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.

This ironic war memorial thumbs its nose at a campaign of inedible humanitarian aid food products.

This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

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

"The country that ate itself."

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

Eat a meal surrounded by bomb fragments.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

These naturally balancing rocks were pictured on every Zimbabwean banknote, up to the 100 trillion-dollar note.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

When humans abandoned this safari lodge, the lions took over.

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