Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.

A sculpture garden built by a retired durian farmer.

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

Thailand museum of bottles of all shapes and sizes filled with intricate and beautiful art.

Cities of the world and famous Thai monuments in minature.

A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.

A stick-sprouting statue watching a duo of disembodied dancing deities.

An incredibly durable timepiece glows beneath shoppers' feet.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

This building featuring Brutalist architecture has a rich media production history.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

Hundreds of signs pointing to the birthplaces of current Helsinki residents form stalactites on the ceiling of the cave-like Kamppi metro station.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

The door to the museum holds a unique artifact from the Finnish Civil War.