This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

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

A station built to repel pirates now attracts wealthy vacationers.

Take a cruise with no movement but plenty of style in this one-of-a-kind boat mall.

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.

This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

The largest Roman amphitheater in the Balkans once held over 20,000 people, but managed to lay hidden for hundreds of years.

In this town's main square resides a statue of none other than the 43rd President of the United States.

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

The last Viking king of Denmark is buried inside the crypt of this cathedral.

A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.

Is this cat asleep or just pretending?

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.