The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

This gruesome biblical parade celebrates the one day a year that a bit of Jesus' blood turns to liquid.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

From Nunavut to Tierra del Fuego, you won't find any lighthouse higher than this one.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.

A Balinese resort, empty and trapped in time.

This sacred cave temple is home to thousands of bats and according to legend, a giant snake king.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

One native village in Bali lays their dead at the foot of a holy tree whose natural fragrance seems to hide the stench as the bodies decompose.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

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

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

This floating cinema brings new meaning to the phrase "going out" to the movies.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.