A faithful reproduction of Al-Jazari's enormous water clock.

Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.

The world's seventh-largest coral reef contains an incredible amount of biodiversity.

When the sun sets, the customers arrive—but they’re not human.

Fine dining 20 feet below the surface in the Indian Ocean.

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.

Réunion Island's highest point is a 2 million-year-old volcano and a paraglider's paradise.

The school produces some of Africa's most talented acrobats and contortionists.

Kenya’s oldest town is more than 700 years old and home to 6,000 donkeys.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

This large granite seal outside a Massachusetts funeral home comes with a surprising dedication.

A massive trilithon nicknamed "Stonehenge of the Pacific."

A sanctuary for sickly, stray, or wounded donkeys.

The shortest in the world, this landing strip stretches a mere 1,312 feet before steep cliffs on either end plunge into the Caribbean.

This giant Christ statue was a failed attempt by Indonesia to dissuade East Timor from demanding independence.

A newspaper editor turned this abandoned island into a tortoise nature preserve that's now the world's smallest national park.

One of the oldest restaurants in the Seychelles.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

One of the world's largest pyramids stands within El Mirador, the "lost city of the Maya."

The remnants of an archaeological camp stand within Tikal National Park.