A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

A sanctuary for sickly, stray, or wounded donkeys.

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

Known as the "Valley of the Moon," this Jordanian wadi is one of the most amazing desertscapes on Earth.

These gnarly desert trees produce the prized aromatic resin traded along the ancient incense trail.

This bazaar is one of the oldest in the Arabian world.

The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

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

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.