It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This Singaporean food-court stall was home to the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal.

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

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

A crumbling cathedral condemned by an earthquake.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

A secluded, little-known temple hidden amid the dense jungle.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

A small 12th-century temple surrounded by waters believed to have curative properties.

This collection of reclaimed landmines acts as both an exhibition of their deadly history and as a shelter for children affected by them.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.