Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

The only gulag ever to exist in socialist Yugoslavia.