Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This mesmerizing architectural wonder will take your breath away with its unusual color patterns.

This iconic clock tower is the largest in the Philippines.

Once a crime hotspot, this refurbished underpass is now home to a bookstore and a mural celebrating the history of Manila.

Dedicated to the three priests whose execution inspired author José Rizal.

The cemetery was built for the Spanish colonial elite, but its most famous residents were all buried in unmarked graves.

A church made of steel.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

A pair of gigantic baby heads greet passengers at Atocha Station.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.

A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.