Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

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

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

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

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.

Built to transport German U-boats through the never-completed Masurian Canal, the locks near this Polish village are now home to a rope course.

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

The ornate structure is part of a building boasting more marble than the Vatican.

This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

An engineering marvel at the time of its construction, this cross-border waterway sought to connect the Black Sea to the Baltic.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

Over time, this castle grew to encompass the entire island.

The first museum dedicated to exploring humanity's cultural relationship with the celestial world.

An old tram depot transformed into a vintage car paradise.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.