Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

This museum offers a journey back to the Belle Epoque era of Romania.

This train station's platforms were built extremely narrow to deceive a rather arrogant government official

This metro station doubles as an unintentional paleontology museum.

Locals believe this abandoned ruin on the outskirts of Bucharest is haunted.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

Check out engineering marvels of the past at this unintentionally retrofuturist museum.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

Historic beer hall in Bucharest with magnificent stained glass and a lively folk band.

Glasgow's own "tipsy" temperance monument.

Memorial to the Titanic engineers that died working to hold back the sea.

This museum offers a glimpse into early 20th-century Glasgow life.

A tower built by an emperor for an antelope.

Just in case you need some cold cash at the top of the world.

Tibetan-influenced mountain fortress in Northern Pakistan.

This dazzlingly turquoise mountain lake was created in the wake of a natural disaster.

These boulders bear testimony to thousands of years of cultural exchange along this trading route.

At an altitude of 3,700 meters, this is the highest polo field in the world.

The rich cultural heritage of the Kalasha people is on display in this state-of-the-art museum.

The caskets in this graveyard have not been opened—they have always been open.

A mere stone's throw from Islamabad exists a spectacular display of three millennia of humanity's progress.

Hidden among Rawalpindi’s modern buildings are the remains of dilapidated Hindu temples.