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

A delightful architectural wonder awaits on a lake island in Kuala Lumpur’s oldest park.

An interactive back-alley mural project remembers the golden age of Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown.

Unique Armenian monastery from the 13th century, reclaimed by nature but still welcoming visitors.

An observatory with a 54-meter-wide radio telescope sits in the mountains of Armenia.

These ruins of a Soviet children's railway station have a haunted atmosphere.

This often-missed monastery, set in a scenic mountain landscape, features unique frescoes, fortifications and legends.

Huge stairway leads to this massive gallery.

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

The oldest Anglican church in Southeast Asia.

Cartoon clouds and nature-inspired murals have transformed the streets of Kuala Lumpur.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

A tiny museum dedicated exclusively to the tiny art that decorates matchboxes.

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

The luxurious circular mansion built for a Communist leader now lies abandoned.

An unusual double-stelae obelisk with ancient and mysterious origins.

Destruction from Armenia's 1988 earthquake inspired an artist's sculptures of scrap metal.