Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

This eatery re-creates dishes from the Ottoman Empire so you can dine like a sultan.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Nature's water park in the Wadi Bani Awf valley is full of pools flanked with cliffs and natural water slides.

This spectacular mosque houses the second-largest chandelier in the world.

After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.

A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

Frozen in Norway, vended in Singapore.

This house is one of the most colorful in the country, and is the last remaining example of a historic villa.

From prostitutes to soldiers to business men, the dead in this graveyard are a microcosm of Singapore's history with Japan.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

Lived-in building, bedecked with an astonishing array of mirror mosaics.

Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

This unique wooden mosque resembling a Chinese pagoda was said to be built without the use of nails.

One of the largest Chinese cemeteries outside of China spent years overgrown and forgotten.

The ruins of this mining boom town stand like skeletal reminders of the settlement's dark history.

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

One of the world's southernmost bars.