A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

On the Pakistan-India border the militaries perform an elaborate theater of aggression each and every night.

An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.

Half-size replica of the Taj Mahal.

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.