A World War II battle site made famous by one man's heroic actions.

The seat of the lost Ryukyu Kingdom has survived numerous fires and wars over the centuries.

All that remains of Okinawa's royal temple are a restored gateway and a tall banyan tree.

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

The oldest stone lion in Okinawa survived a major battle during World War II.

A unique memorial made up of a collection of memorials, all commemorating the Battle of Okinawa in World War II.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

Home of the world's largest crocodile.

This public art is inspired by a local Aboriginal creation story.

After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.

Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

In the shadow of the Sydney Opera House, Indigenous ingredients shine.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.

A monument commemorating the 852 lives lost in the sinking of the MS Estonia.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.