A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.

This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.

These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

A unique, time-transcending work of art depicting the progress of trade in Singapore.

The ruins of a sixth-century monastery sit on the banks of the River Shannon.

Kissing the ass of this stone lioness has become a rite of passage in the city of Girona.

This magenta statue commemorates the legendary marriage between a mermaid and the city's founder.

Artist Natividad Sánchez wrote a new ending for one of Roman mythology's tragic love stories.

Tucked among the sand dunes overlooking a Welsh beach, a real-life tribute to a fictional elf.

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

A phallic shrine to a princess goddess in Krabi, Thailand.

This nugget of paradise earned its name for obvious reasons.

Cavemen, elephants, and eagles greet passengers driving through the town's main intersection.

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

Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

A collection of venomous snakes and reptiles for the whole family to enjoy.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

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

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.