This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.

This London marker celebrates the spot where the world-famous English band was founded.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

The world’s largest magazine collection was born from a single shelf in a teen’s bedroom.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

The world's oldest family-run magic shop is hidden beneath a bustling London thoroughfare.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.