In an Auckland neighborhood, looming chopsticks lift noodles from the sidewalk.

A bisected journey through evolution's history in the heart of Beijing.

An amusement park on the grounds of an unused nuclear power plant, with a swing ride inside the cooling tower.

This roadside attraction looks like a flying saucer parked atop the tundra.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

Remnants of a cone-shaped Nazi bomb shelter.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.

These beautiful objects represent beautiful ideas.

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

The world's foremost museum dedicated entirely to the abacus.

A chinese farmer builds robots from scrap.

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

Vienna's underworld of tunnels and subterranean rivers made an iconic appearance in a 1949 Orson Welles film.

The world's largest historic armory was established by independent citizens to defend themselves from the wars of larger forces.