These towering cliffs jut dramatically from the middle of a barren desert.

Within the Saudi Arabian desert lies a 2,000-year-old ghost town made of stone and mud.

More than 100 monumental tombs carved into rock are preserved at this ancient Nabataean site in the Arabian Desert.

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.

These medieval stone-cut Buddhist statues may protect visitors from being fired.

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

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Is this cat asleep or just pretending?

The cemetery houses the remains of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, one of Japan's most famous novelists.

These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.

Turn around and stick your head between your legs for the best view of this tree-covered sandbar.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

The "Mona Lisa" of funerary art.

A shrine dedicated to a 10th-century samurai emperor, whose head is not buried on site (contrary to popular belief).

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.