This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

You'll never meet anyone this passionate about elephant droppings.

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

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

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

An ancient wall in the shadows of the Amber Castle.

An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.

Also known as the "Red Taj Mahal."

This impressive clifftop temple was once at the center of an international custody dispute.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

The largest and best preserved necropolis in the Western Mediterranean.

Exploring the wilder, more passionate sibling of Erg Chebbi feels like discovering a secret sun-kissed planet from another galaxy.

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families

One of the two original gateways into the Kasbah, this gateway is a nesting site for storks.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

This underwater sculpture park is the basis for a manmade coral reef.

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

Even though some of the buildings date back to the Victorian era, this research institute is still involved in cutting-edge astronomy research.