Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Some of the smallest works of art in existence.

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

A no-frills, DIY nature preserve manned by a U.S. expat who has dedicated his life to turtle conservation.

Right angles in the forests of Panama.

The youngest volcano in Central America.

These colorful sawdust illustrations are trampled into non-existence only moments after they are finished.

These Honduran caves earned their magical nickname thanks to reflective bone deposits.

Remote Honduran Islands with a colorful history.

This collection of historical artifacts and tropical wildlife waits just beneath the surface of the water.

A collection of heirloom roses tucked in a spectacularly beautiful botanical garden on Lake Atitlan.

Natural saunas fed by volcanic heat.

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

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

Volcanically heated hot springs.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

An enormous, 30-story-deep hole in the middle of Guatemala City.

One Costa Rican island is so beset by illegal shark poachers that the local rangers have built an entire bridge with their confiscated gear .

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.