An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

Don’t miss the local staple of rice vermicelli with charcoal-grilled pork patties and pork belly.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

An outstanding and haunting glimpse of the horrors of the Great Famine of Ireland.

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

The chaotic studio of one of the 20th century's most important artists has been preserved down to the dust.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

A Spanish-style estate that has traded black ties for rock concerts.

Life-sized painted illusions let pedestrians blend in with the street art.

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

A small 12th-century temple surrounded by waters believed to have curative properties.

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.

A secluded, little-known temple hidden amid the dense jungle.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

The narrowest street in Paris.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.