The pillars inside this small, ornate shrine hold Bangkok's horoscope within them.

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

The bank's whimsical shape was inspired by a child’s toy.

Chronicling the history of Thailand’s unique currencies, from the silver “bullet money” to porcelain gambling tokens of various shapes.

A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.

Founded during the Ayutthaya era, this unique Buddhist temple remains shipshape to this day.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

An overlooked collection of over 350,000 artistic works created by psychiatric patients using art therapy.

This "Little Finland" started as a Finnish utopian society in Eastern Brazil.

An abandoned Santa park is as far as this proposed theme park kingdom got toward completion.

This Brazilian town built by Freemasons is full of colonial Masonic architecture and symbolic imagery.

These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.

Comprised of thousands of cave temple carvings this cornucopia of ancient Chinese stone art is unrivaled anywhere in the world.

The ancient settlement attracts tourists from all over looking to learn about the Chinese vision of the afterlife.

This top secret Chinese military megaproject is the world’s largest human-made tunnel structure.

The powerful party began with a secret meeting in this shikumen in 1921.

A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

This unlikely memorial honors the Canadian and Portuguese laborers who felled trees for the Allies in World War I.

A collection of maritime artifacts from the world's first volunteer life brigade.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

The zoological collection at the Hessisches Landesmuseum hosts some of the world's oldest habitat dioramas.