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

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

This rare basalt crater lake is used to study the Moon and Mars.

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

A vast, otherworldly collection of Buddhist stupas.

A series of tiny artificial islands rich with produce bob atop the surface of the lake.

The second largest reclining Buddha in the world got "lost" for over 120 years.

These serpents are considered holy and pampered accordingly.

This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."

Myanmar's Mount Olympus atop a 2,500-foot volcanic plug.