Too much gossip or just missing curfew could land you in here for a couple of days.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

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

The inky volcanic sand leads to reefs teeming with aquatic life waiting to be discovered by snorkelers and divers.

Site of the largest volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years, one which may have nearly wiped out humanity altogether.

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

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

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

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

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

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

Experiencing Guatemala's sensory-exploding church is a blunt reminder of European influence.

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

Guatemalan womanizer, venerated during Holy Week.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

Fenced off in a garden cemetery in Honduras lies the grave of the most notorious American filibuster.

This neoclassic cathedral also houses what is believed to be the oldest clock in the Americas.

This fortress in Honduras was built to resist pirates, but its builders had more to fear from the British.