This statue took 60 years to complete.

Six turbines towering over a wide road for passersby.

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

An enormous Buddha peers through a gap in its ruined chamber.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

Peek into the world of those creating the beautiful, delicate paper parasols found all over the globe.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

One of Ayutthaya’s most iconic locations is a mysterious, hauntingly surreal miracle.

This elephant kraal is the only one remaining in Thailand, dating back to the 16th century when these massive mammals were integral players in war and trade.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

This enormous gold Buddha statue was hidden inside a stucco decoy for centuries.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.