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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

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

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

Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.

A once great mansion stands in stately ruin.

The world's second-tallest flagpole stands proud despite dropping rank.

A strip of neutral ground where the people of Tajikistan and Afghanistan come together to trade.

This ancient Silk Road outpost overlooking the Wakhan Valley is miraculously still standing.

17th century mosque for Shah Abbas' harem.

These little castles each held thousands of pigeons.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.

A dreamy mausoleum honors Persia's most famous poet.

Named after a legendary garden called Eram in southern Arabia, built by order of Shaddad, an Arab king who wanted to compete with Paradise.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

The ancient necropolis houses the immense rock-cut tombs of four Persian kings.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.