A pair of trees near a Hong Kong shrine are said to grant wishes, but only the ones they hold on to.

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

Volcanic activity causes small pools of super-heated mud to boil furiously.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

This odd museum/art gallery embraces the physiological, zoological, and ethnographic side of sex.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.

During its heyday, the massive estate boasted its own railroad station and post office.

The island where one woman reigned as a "queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended.