This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

The largest cemetery in Chile is the final resting place for more than 2 million people, from politicians to artists.

This museum covers 10,000 years of Pre-Columbian Latin American history.

This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

This space rocket-like Buddhist stupa sits atop two giant arches and can be seen from out at sea.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

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

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.

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

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.