After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

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

Named after the Goddess of Harvests, Annapurna is the deadliest member of the Eight-thousanders club.

On the Pakistan-India border the militaries perform an elaborate theater of aggression each and every night.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

A waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.