This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

Two cannon-like cranes were installed on top of the bank building to fend off bad feng shui.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

Buy your fish and have it cooked to order in this bustling, eight-floor seafood market.

A remnant of Korea's colonial past lies forgotten in a hip neighborhood in Seoul.

Step into a cartoon at this Seoul café that aims to evoke a two-dimensional scene.

Tracking the 1,500-year history of Korea's star cabbage.

A bright and wacky exhibit answers every question you may have had about human excrement, flatulence, and more.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.

This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.

A biblically accurate ark located beneath a Hong Kong bridge is fun for the whole Christian family.

Thousands of abandoned statues of deities are taken to this hillside in southern Hong Kong.

A pair of trees near a Hong Kong shrine are said to grant wishes, but only the ones they hold on to.

Venture into the hideout of one of Hong Kong's legendary pirates.

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

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

In Hong Kong, a fairytale flower tunnel is hidden within the gardens of a public housing complex.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

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

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.