This otherworldly palace-mausoleum complex is the stuff eternal dreams are made of.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A small town in Rajasthan has been dubbed the "City of Stepwells," and Raniji ki Baori is the queen.

The world's largest human gathering is held at the confluence of three sacred rivers, one of which is mythical.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

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

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

What can compare to the comforting sound of 10,000 toilets running?

130 replicas of world wonders squeezed into just 118 acres of space.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

Built by King Norodom to honor his late father.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

This ratty natural history collection is a charming relic among a city rushing into modernity.

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

A remarkable lifelong collection of antiques and art preserved in a historic Melbourne townhouse.

These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.