This ambiguous pig shrine is actually a monument to a beloved queen.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

Vintage furniture and art share space with all manner of collectibles at this quirky shop in Bangkok.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

Tucked in an urban forest, this restaurant specializes in homemade, healing rakijas.

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.

This impressive clifftop temple was once at the center of an international custody dispute.

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

The capital of Cambodia is named after the hill on which this ancient temple complex stands.

Ride in 1960s style on the private luxury train Marshal Josip Tito used to travel around Yugoslavia.

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

The last of Amsterdam's original sea level markers remaining in place.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.