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

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Quite possibly the oldest love poem known to humankind.

The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.

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.

A sinkhole and now a swimming hole, too, full of dazzling turquoise water.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

A bridge destroyed three times: once as a ruse, then in an actual attack, and finally for the movies.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Across this single-file rope bridge is what has been claimed to be the edge of continental Asia.

The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

One of the world's tallest flagpoles.

An exploration of Malaysian heritage through the lens of traditional textiles.