The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

This sanctuary is home to donkeys who finally get to rest after a life of toil.

One of the tallest waterfalls in Africa is also home to a population of monkeys who enjoy the waters and the occasional guest.

The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

A student driver's nightmare.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

Abandoned 18th century weapons factory in the Aezkoa Valley.

The deserted remains of a luxury hotel turned hospital ward.

This postmodern apartment block was designed to be a vertical neighborhood.

An abandoned socialist utopia built in the late 19th century.

One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.

A science fiction-inspired apartment building designed by a famous Spanish architect.

A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

A shrine-like museum entirely dedicated to soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.

An abandoned tuberculosis hospital said to be haunted by the patients who died within its walls.