Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

A sculpture garden built by a retired durian farmer.

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

One of the holiest places in the region, devotees come to Tirta Empul to bathe in the holy spring water.

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.

A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

Every hour a secret compartment drops from this giant pocket watch, revealing a lovely surprise.

The spherical grains of white quartz sand give every step on this Australian beach a distinctive sound.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

Olive’s garden serves up a seemingly endless helping of outback delights.

Australia's largest collection of rare and bizarre insects.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

A place to see how French aristocrats lived in the early 1900s.

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.