This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

This former monastery in Vietnam now houses a chocolate shop and museum filled with centuries-old taxidermy specimens.

One of the oldest temples in Ho Chi Minh City, dedicated to a deified Chinese military leader.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.

This ruined temple's giant Buddha statue bears the scars of the Second Indochina War.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

Next to the Malaysian Prime Minister’s office stands this rose-colored mosque.

A tropical rainforest designed to resemble a scene from the monumental film.

Malaysia's floating mosque.

This tiny island in the South China Sea is crawling with venomous sea snakes.

Malaysia's first and only glass temple.

Extravagant mosque honors modern Islam.

These jagged limestone blades cut out through the canopy of the jungles of Borneo.

The final resting place of Christopher Columbus - or possibly someone else.

An eccentric German artist built this weird and wondrous castle packed with shocking sculptures and alien art.

Denmark’s never-ending bridge.

This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.