The remote island home of the overlooked explorer who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.

This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.

Use a key to unlock this medieval sewer tunnel.

Underneath the well-known Lindenhof hides a secret cellar documenting Zurich's early history.

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

One native village in Bali lays their dead at the foot of a holy tree whose natural fragrance seems to hide the stench as the bodies decompose.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

The unique design was created by the traditional way communal rice paddies were divided among the indigenous people.

A real-life "hobbit" cave in Flores, Indonesia.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

This 17th-century fort, built by the Dutch to control a piece of the international spice trade, is now a city park.

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.

These 40,000-year-old stenciled hands are older than the famous cave art in France and Spain.

Order savory Levantine baked goods with innovative twists at this takeout-only spot.