This Bangkok high-rise looks like a rudimentary LEGO elephant.

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

Striking, enormous gold-plated sculpture of Buddha installed in the 19th century.

This statue took 60 years to complete.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

A colorful kitschy temple and floating market off the beaten path.

This elephant kraal is the only one remaining in Thailand, dating back to the 16th century when these massive mammals were integral players in war and trade.

One of Ayutthaya’s most iconic locations is a mysterious, hauntingly surreal miracle.

While it might look like an ordinary chain, this is the shop that turned Thai iced tea into a global phenomenon.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

This businessman wanted to make a name for himself (and no one else).

Western Australia’s heavenly staircase is not for the faint of heart.

This work of public art symbolizes the maritime history and the modern creative industry in Fremantle.

One of the world’s oldest surviving convict prisons, once the scene of daring escapes and riots.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

The breadfruit-adorned final resting place of the infamous Captain of the HMS Bounty.

Tony Blair's garden gnome and a Howitzer shell-turned-flower-pot are on display in this deconsecrated 13th-century church.

This group of sculptures includes the first statue of a female politician in London.

The arching stretch of London's longest street holds many reminders of the area's maritime past.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.