Two ancient Buddhist temples crown this dramatic rocky pinnacle.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

The world's tallest circular building is loaded with symbolism, but many just see a big donut.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

Three floors above a 2,000-year-old royal tomb is a rare collection of ancient porcelain pillows.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Thousands of abandoned statues of deities are taken to this hillside in southern Hong Kong.

On special occasions, one of the world's tallest artificial waterfalls gushes down the side of this Chinese skyscraper.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.