A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

This strange statue depicts a young boy's body with an adult Mozart's head and a single wing.

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

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

This network of conjoined cellars was riddled with traps and supposedly allowed the townspeople to pretend their homes were deserted.

After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.

These public toilets are a work of art.

An iconic designer dunny inspired by Aboriginal fishing baskets.

This abandoned railroad tunnel is now home to a micro-colony of bats and a ghost train.

This 17th-century structure is a beautiful testimony to traditional Persian architecture

Marked by the hand of the explorer Henry Morton Stanley.

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

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

In the world's most bombed country relative to its size, this incredible organization helps pick up the pieces.

When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

Heavily bombed during the Vietnam War, this small town turns unexploded munitions into utensils.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

These bamboo and rope bridges cross the Nam Khan River for six months every year.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.