Win Mong Win, an Intha fisherman is seen through a cone shaped net as he paddles on March 2, 2007 on Inle Lake, Myanmar. Inle Lake fishermen have a unique rowing style, which involves standing on one leg on the extreme of the boat and wrapping their other leg around the the oar. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) One of the most picturesque spots in all of Southeast Asia, Myanmar's Inle Lake is fringed with reed beds and bamboo stilt houses, surrounded...

Warship Cemetery, France, 2012. This boat was the largest military boat in the water. (Henk van Rensbergen) Henk van Rensbergen’s been visiting and photographing abandoned places for a long time now. It helps that he’s an airline pilot, allowing him to spend time in cities he might not otherwise visit. The 45-year-old photographer shoots these places to bring back to life “a piece of forgotten human history,” he told weather.com. “I feel like an explorer rediscovering, like an archeologist who...

The beautiful stone fortress of Sigiriya is one of Sri Lanka's most popular sites. The 600-foot towering red boulder juts out of the surrounding forest, offering an expansive view of the countryside, but despite it's beauty the palace at the top of the boulder has a dark history. The rock has been inhabited since the third century BC as attested by drawings on the wall. Some of the drawings actually prove the existence of ancient graffiti, reported the Sri Lanka...

A Hang Son Doong explorer navigates a plant-covered cavescape. Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam. (Carsten Peter/National Geographic/Getty Images) Almost six miles long,650ft-wide and 550ft-tall, in Quang Binh province in Vietnam is so big, it can fit a 40-story skyscraper. But the cave, which was created 2-5 million years ago by river water eroding limestone underneath a mountain, actually remained undiscovered until 1991 and unexplored until 2009. Now, tourists can explore the mythical cave, considered the world's largest, thanks...

A thunderstorm in Cape May, N.J. (Chris Bakley) Photographer Chris Bakley, who grew up in Cape May, N.J., wanted to show his Jersey Shore hometown in a new light – literally and figuratively. “I began this project because I wanted to show everyone a different side of Cape May/Jersey Shore – the night’s sky,” he told weather.com. Bakley took a series of photos that show a beautiful sky illuminated by stars. It may not be obvious in the resulting images...

A man looks at deserted hotels in an area used by the Turkish military, in the Turkish occupied area, in the abandoned city of Varosha in Cyprus, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Urban planners, business leaders and activists hope to rebuild the town to correct past errors and mold a sustainable, ecological habitat. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) DERYNEIA, Cyprus — Time virtually stopped in 1974 for the Mediterranean tourist playground of Varosha. When Turkey invaded Cyprus in the wake of a coup...

Zebras at Kalahari Crossing, Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana, in 2009. (Zack Seckler) Photographer Zack Seckler flew 500 feet above ground – and even hung by his seatbelt out an open plane door – to provide a unique perspective on the wildlife of the Makgadikgadi Pan and the Okavango Delta in Botswana. The daredevil photo shoot wasn’t planned, however. After the New York-based photographer finished a commissioned photo shoot in Botswana, he didn’t know what to do with the rest of his...

Norway's violinist Nils Oekland tests his instrument built of ice on Jan. 10, 2009 in Geilo, for an ice instrument festival. (JOHN HUGUES/AFP/Getty Images) We build snowmen, igloos, and even hotelsout of snow and ice, but it takes a bit more ingenuity to carve musical instruments. Now in its 9th year, the Norwegian Ice Music Festival hosted in the mountain town of Geilo celebrates the beauty and sounds of the natural world with concerts played entirely on ice. The festival...

Feeling worn down from the winter weather and mountains of snow? Why not escape to the Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey where you can bathe in hot springs that were once used by Romans? Although thepillowy white cliffs might be reminiscent of fluffy snow, the springs of Pamukkale are anything but cold. The magnificent terraces and pools of Pamukkale ("Cotton Castle" in Turkish) were created by mineralized water flowing from hot springs. The travertine basins were formed by the carbonate...

A tourist sunbathes beside debris at Kuta Beach on January 17, 2014 in Kuta, Indonesia. The sight of trash Kuta beach, one of Bali's most popular tourist destinations, has become an annual phenomenon as debris are carried to the beach by strong currents during the winter months. (Agung Parameswara/Getty Images) Known for its long stretches of sand and surfable waves, Kuta Beach is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Bali, Indonesia, luring hordes of visitors hoping to enjoy...

The misty forests and craggy bluffs of Ireland and Wales have long been symbolically linked to the Celtic legacy of the region. But evidence suggests that the Celts traveled beyond the northern islands, all the way down to the sunny shores of northwest Spain. The autonomous region of Galicia, Spain, is the seventh Celtic Nation and the least known of the group. The other six include Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Cornwall, Isle of Mann and Brittany, France, reported the BBC. Beyond...

Stark the lion and a zookeeper playing ice hockey at the Oaklawn Farm Canadian zoo on Jan. 21, 2014. A spokesperson for the zoo said the 18-month-old lion apparently loves the ice - especially the sound of it cracking under his weight. (Nichole Coleman/Mercury Press/Caters News Agency) This is Sterk, the star attraction at the , and he has an unusual skill for a lion. The images featured in our video above were taken last week on January 21, when...