Lived-in building, bedecked with an astonishing array of mirror mosaics.

This beautifully historic Bahrain fortress might not be the most popular attraction around, but that might make it all the better.

Skyscraper powered by wind turbines attached between its towers.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

An eccentric German artist built this weird and wondrous castle packed with shocking sculptures and alien art.

The subtle interplay of fire and water is hard to ignore at this remote Jamaican spring.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

A monument to the two U.S. officers killed by North Korean troops while trying to trim a poplar tree.

A large visitor's complex and place of remembrance on the outskirts of the DMZ.

South Korea's largely symbolic, barely used gateway to the North.

The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.

The best place for scenic views of the DMZ and North Korea.

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."

This iconic clock tower is the largest in the Philippines.

The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.

Hang out with thousands of butterflies in one of the world's largest such enclosures.

Come in, light some incense, and ignore the live snakes around you.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.