Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This Buffalo museum hides an Art Deco gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

Waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

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

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

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.