This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.

This underwater sculpture park is the basis for a manmade coral reef.

A crazy maze of a hostel, where every trap door and secret entrance brings you to a new wacky, wonderful room.

Thailand's country villages continue the tradition of gong-making, and invite visitors to watch the process.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.

American bombs, morbid memorabilia, and graphic photographs tell the story of the CIA-led “Secret War” from the Pathet Lao perspective.

In the world's most bombed country relative to its size, this incredible organization helps pick up the pieces.

An abandoned settlement originally established by British colonialists in the Andaman archipelago.

A sculpture garden built by a retired durian farmer.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

More than 100 Hindu temples are slowly being swallowed by the forest.

In its continuing quest to recreate famous parts of the world in miniature, China now has its own ghost Paris.

This ambiguous pig shrine is actually a monument to a beloved queen.

Time-frozen department store of dangerous and dusty relics.

A three-table eatery sits inside the home-kitchen of a seafood virtuoso in Bangkok's Chinatown.

The bank's whimsical shape was inspired by a child’s toy.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

A curious memento mori hangs in the magnificent Cathedral of Segovia.

This magnificent castle grew from a small Moorish fortress, and reportedly inspired two iconic Disney castles.