On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

This bell stars in a tragic love tale and is said to make wishes come true.

Legend says this is actually a heartbroken prince waiting for his true love's kiss.

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.

Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

This Tibetan monastery has survived multiple attacks and is also a sky burial site.

At 16,627 feet above sea level, this unstaffed station is the highest in the world.

The highest monastery in the world operates a tiny guesthouse with doors open to all.

Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.

Displaying religious art made almost exclusively in modern styles helps set this Buddhist temple apart from the myriad others in Bangkok.

Feast on coconut crab curry at one of Thailand’s only outposts of Baba cuisine.

The pillars inside this small, ornate shrine hold Bangkok's horoscope within them.

Bangkok's take on the High Line is a park on a traffic bridge above the iconic Chao Phraya River.

This statue took 60 years to complete.

This enormous gold Buddha statue was hidden inside a stucco decoy for centuries.

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

This elegant carving of the Buddha guards a small Buddhist temple within a cave.

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

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

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

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.