Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

Disused for decades, this freight railway bridge is finally being renovated into a scenic promenade.

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

Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.

Although it has never been a secret ninja base, this shrine still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

This Khmer-era temple includes a lintel that was stolen and displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago for years before returning to Thailand.

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

Parts of this sprawling temple complex are deteriorating, but its founder’s body remains intact.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.