One of Ayutthaya’s most iconic locations is a mysterious, hauntingly surreal miracle.

Celebrating the history of Hangul, the Korean writing system invented by King Sejong to improve his realm’s literacy.

A surreal monument depicting a five-armed giant supporting a toppling cylinder seal.

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

The tomb of one of the greatest travelers in history.

One of few vertical lava tubes in the world accessible by foot.

In the oldest zen temple stands a descendant of the very tree that introduced tea to Japanese culture.

Take the most scenic fjord landscape in Norway and add dramatic red cliffs, warm clear water, and playful dolphins.

Pay homage to a preeminent matriarch, and the native Dena’ina people, at this sculpture installation in Anchorage.

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

The original location of the eponymous site of Japan’s Yayoi period is now lost in time.

A park where people have been going to feed friendly pigeons since the 18th century

A haunting contrast of trains that both saved and took the lives of Jewish children in Nazi Germany.

Beautiful and terrifying masks displayed in the island’s only mask library.

A mechanical clock built in 1914, with a rotation of 12 historical figures on its face.

A residential service road transformed into a menagerie of larger-than-life paintings of iconic Arctic wildlife.

A small museum dedicated to Vietnam’s lesser-known Iron Age culture.

A small section in the Bank of Korea Museum dedicated to the many varieties of the Joseon dynasty’s iconic coinage.

This retro café is a remnant of Japan’s post-war Argentine tango craze.

A bizarre statue of a Buddhist goddess made from 20,000 insects.

Hundreds of statues of Buddha’s disciples meditating, napping, sneezing, and picking their noses.

An underground world of gorgeous, palatial metro stations designed as a nuclear shelter complex.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.