305 homemade stone stairs wind their way up the Hamilton escarpment.

The Painted Ladies of Ontario aren’t your average beach homes.

The ruins of a medieval citadel believed to be haunted by a ministry of wish-granting djinns.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

This is no ordinary coffee chain outlet—it's an architectural masterpiece.

The birthplace of the Japanese idiom "wet clothes" meaning “false accusation."

In the oldest zen temple stands a descendant of the very tree that introduced tea to Japanese culture.

It is rumored that if you spot this little golden frog hiding in plain sight, good luck will come your way.

An open-air museum exhibiting a total of 52 century-old buildings, recreating Hokkaido’s “pioneer village.”

Unannounced visitors are now welcome at the site of the largest Prohibition-era bootlegging operation in the region.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

An unassuming nature trail winds through dozens of tiny houses built for the wee people.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

The cardinal directions, set in stone.

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

This cupola was once seen as an architectural disaster.

Outside a small brewery, a Gothic fountain that once provided water to thirsty horses.

An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.

Located in the Horniman Circle area, this church marks the historical Zero Point of Mumbai.

A cenote filled with Colonial era artifacts whose waters cannot be accessed.

Founded during the Ayutthaya era, this unique Buddhist temple remains shipshape to this day.