All that remains of an ancient royal palace is a water channel that was used for drinking games.

The headquarters of Korea’s provisional government later became the site of a prominent statesman's assassination.

South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.

Have fun at the world's first Buddhist waterslide park.

Malaysia's first and only glass temple.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

Considered the most remote point in the entire world.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

These ordinary blocks of stone are the last surviving remains of Tokyo's infamous red-light district.

A trio of keyhole-shaped burial mounds restored to their ancient glory.

A 17th-century mosque that was used for war more than worship.

A forsaken beachfront condo abandoned after the Boxing Day Tsunami.

Australia's first and only museum dedicated exclusively to bones.

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

A Franco-era dam flooded (almost) everyone out of this centuries-old Aragonese town.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

The world's only flying boat museum honors a small Irish village that sent 20th-century aviation to new heights.

A series of recreated fortifications mark George Orwell's path through the Spanish Civil War.

This 19th-century convent is now a flourishing 21st-century hub for art.

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.