The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

Eat like a bird in a bamboo nest.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

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

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.