This forgotten boat elevator was an engineering marvel in its heyday.

At this sweet shop, the descendants of a royal chef serve up the fudge-like dessert his ancestor invented for a king.

Two Chinese dragons guard the caves of this medieval temple in Iran.

The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

This circular Iranian jail was once a political prison run by the country's secret police.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

The tallest unclimbed mountain in the world remains poorly charted out of respect for local spirits.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

Ride aboard a centuries-year-old steam engine and explore dozens of trains parts, including an unusual "comboose."

When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.