An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

A beautiful, but toxic, lake formed by mining.

Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.

The tallest sea cliffs on the Southern Hemisphere are a climber's worst nightmare.

Many rock climbers have come to conquer this slender sea stack, with various degrees of success.

A small museum dedicated to taking the taboo out of all things related to poo.

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

Its most grisly object is a jar full of severed fingers allegedly cut off by prisoners to avoid work.

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

This dragon-shaped sports arena is the world’s largest solar-powered stadium.

The tangled roots of a giant banyan tree have fully reclaimed the ruins of this abandoned warehouse.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

A memorial to the thousands of political dissidents imprisoned during the 38-year period of martial law in Taiwan.

This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

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

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

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

A secret passageway from World War II is now a quirky pedestrian shortcut.

If you've ever wanted to learn about the history of Asian fish balls, this Taiwanese museum has you covered.

This densely-packed cluster of buildings was saved from the wrecking ball and turned into an art community.