This temple contains what might be the world's oldest optical illusion.

The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

The inventor of the Coney Island hot dog rests in a grand mausoleum in Brooklyn.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

The tallest statue in Italy is also one of the world's tallest statues of Jesus.

This medieval hilltop village was abandoned at the end of the 19th century, after existing for more than 500 years.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

This beautiful 16th-century necropolis marks an astonishing feat in heritage conservation.

This Croatian fairytale castle is slowly falling apart thanks to years of neglect.

These ruins of a medieval church are full of architectural mysteries.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

Two women with a flair for both adventure and artful clutter created this singular round home.