A serene space tucked amid the skyscrapers of Hong Kong's bustling financial district.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

Two cannon-like cranes were installed on top of the bank building to fend off bad feng shui.

Abandoned limestone cave was once a sacred place of worship.

One-of-a-kind stupa in Laos.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

An extraordinary collection of artifacts spanning 500 years of medical history.

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

The place nearest Seoul where it’s easy to get a good look at North Korea.

This unlikely 1980s relic at a bus station recalls the New York real estate tycoon before his political career.

A microbiologist-chef is slinging noodles with hyperlocal Nordic ingredients.

A cannonball fired during a war against Sweden is wedged in the wall of this old post office.

The hillside where Edvard Munch experienced the panic attack that inspired “The Scream” offers one of the most striking evening views in Oslo.

A bold and controversial statue of a Christmas icon, blending adult undertones with playful humor, stands year-round in a traffic circle.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.

A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

With only one flight in and out a week, the unfenced runway at this small island's airport transforms into a seaside park for locals and visitors.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.