A magical work of architecture where a wind turbine enables monks to levitate.

The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.

The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.

"May prick nor purse ne'er fail you."

Forgotten jail cells beneath this Scottish town hall are now used for delightfully artful storage.

These mysterious religious carvings were once thought to be thousands of years old but are actually the work of modern eccentric.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Glasgow’s piece of the patron saint of love.

Built to hold the worst of the worst of the Nazi war prisoners.

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.

Legend says this cave housed a 16th-century cannibal and his family of 48.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

This Scottish bridge seems to compel dogs to leap to their death.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

China's mysterious record-setting sleeping Buddha.

This Cold War–era underground city includes offices for Mao Zedong and Lin Biao.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

The field of tiny caves that mark this Chinese cliffside are each their own historic Buddhist temple.

At nearly 1,000 feet long, this astonishing glass suspension bridge is one of the longest in the world.

Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.

Massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

A complex and beautiful system of rice terraces covers a million acres over the mountains.