The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."

This medieval castle was reconstructed by Carlo Scarpa.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This colorful statue welcomes visitors to a Barcelona park.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.