Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

This road winds through the steep coastal cliffside offering spectacular views for those who brave the drive.

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

The memorial honors the lives of rhinoceroses killed by poachers.

This wildlife trust is dedicated to orphaned elephant rescue and conservation.

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

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

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

The courtyard of this small Marinid madrasa is a dazzling example of intricate Islamic architecture.