The longest hedge maze in the world.

A student driver's nightmare.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.

A startling, centuries-old subterranean marvel hides in plain sight.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

Two thousand feline artifacts fill Malaysia's "Cat City."

This Bangkok high-rise looks like a rudimentary LEGO elephant.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

This cheeky restaurant has a serious devotion to lard sculptures.

A peculiarly shaped brass sculpture hidden in a courtyard in central Lviv

Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

Ukraine's oldest operating pharmacy now offers guests a fascinating walk through apothecary history.

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

The largest catacomb system in the world.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

This shuttered power plant is now Turkey's first industrial archaeology museum.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.