This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.

The ancient water tanks remain some of the ruined city’s most beautiful architecture.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .

This mysterious but iconic tapered tower appears in many Azeri fairytales and legends.

A breathtaking viewing platform over the Alps.

The place where Czar Peter I of Russia resided in 1697 during his Grand Embassy.

'The Letters of Utrecht' lays out a ribbon of poetry one letter at a time, with no final verse in sight.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

The former headquarters of history's oldest megacorporation.

The works of poetry's biggest names grace the walls of the city of Leiden, all carefully painted by hand.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

Remarkably intact Roman stone fortifications have encircled this Spanish city for centuries.

This stop on the Camino de Santiago stands high above the underwater ruins of a medieval town.

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.

The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.

Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

Four giant movable street lights decorate this modern Rotterdam square.