Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.

This mountain sunrise is one of the most breathtaking views in Thailand, yet well off the tourist trail.

Bizarre dirt trail winds a narrow path above the tree line.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

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

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

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

A model solar system adds a celestial touch to this suburban park.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

This dragon-shaped sports arena is the world’s largest solar-powered stadium.

Air-raid tunnels hidden beneath this opulent hotel provided shelter and an escape route—and one of the world's longest slides.

A nostalgic restaurant evokes life in Taiwan from the 1940s to the 1970s.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.