Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Sited in an Inner Mongolian desert are the remnants of an important trade stop along the Silk Road.

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

An old limestone mine transformed into a beautiful and unusual sculpture museum.

This colorful palace is an oasis of calm amid the hustle and bustle of the Buriganga riverfront.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

An enchanting rocky island of scraggly baobabs surrounded by an ancient sea and sprawling salt pans.

This spectacular mosque houses the second-largest chandelier in the world.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

One of Western Africa's oldest mosques, this Timbuktu icon has stood for nearly 700 years.

Hundreds of caves filled with thousands of centuries-old statues and murals.

More than 100 Hindu temples are slowly being swallowed by the forest.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.