On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

A medieval fresco which reminds visitors that death will come for us all.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

This weekly market in the remote oasis city of Hotan still has the atmosphere of the old Silk Road.

The western-most fortress on the Great Wall of China has gone from a strategic stronghold to a kitschy tourist carnival.