A small alleyway lined with locally drawn scenes of nostalgic anime and cartoon characters.

The tangled roots of a giant banyan tree have fully reclaimed the ruins of this abandoned warehouse.

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

Visiting this grotto is symbolic of a spiritual journey into Nirvana.

A symbol of hope, survival, and national character, especially after it rose phoenix like from the flames.

Booksellers and public artworks fill this vibrant promenade along the disused railroad tracks.

This tomb's name derives from a famous painting of a white horse found inside.

The supreme shrine of the state.

The burial ground of two kings and a queen is now a calm city park in the middle of bustling Seoul.

This human-made pond is part of a Korean palace complex first built in the 7th century.

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.

A chilling monument to Korean patriots who resisted the Japanese occupation.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.

This picturesque stream was up until recently the site of a ten story mountain of slag and sewage.

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.