Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

A clear example of the process of erosion in action.

A forest full of mystical fantasy figures, nearly destroyed by recent fires.

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

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

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

Malaysian fireflies create a dazzling display as thousands light up in unison.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

Stone shrouds of Prince Liu Sheng and Princess Dou Wan of the Han Dynasty, created to preserve their flesh for eternity.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

Site of one of World War I's most horrific scenes.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.