Miri, Malaysia
Niah Caves
One of the largest caverns in the world has a maw large enough to stack cathedrals in.
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Miri, Malaysia
One of the largest caverns in the world has a maw large enough to stack cathedrals in.
Bestari Jaya, Malaysia
Malaysian fireflies create a dazzling display as thousands light up in unison.
Batu Caves, Malaysia
Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.
Licenza, Italy
The ruins of an abbey believed to have been founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century.
Villahermosa, Mexico
This singular broken monument, now housed in a museum, was the cause of a worldwide "Mayan Doomsday" phenomenon.
Papantla, Mexico
The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.
Angahuan, Mexico
This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano.
Mexico
A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.
San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Mexico
This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.
Tarsdorf, Austria
American soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II.
Graz, Austria
The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.
Vienna, Austria
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Tal, Austria
Each year melting snow turns these Austrian hiking trails into scuba zones.
Vienna, Austria
A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
Gjirokaster, Albania
This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.
Sarandë District, Albania
A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.
Tirana, Albania
An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.
Krujë, Albania
The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."
Elbasan County, Albania
Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.
Përmet District, Albania
A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.
Inn Wa, Myanmar
A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bridge that died in war and was resurected.
Studenci, Bosnia and Herzegovina
There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.
Sarmiento Department, Argentina
An ancient forest of the Paleocene Age turned to stone.