These charming mailboxes became social media stars after a typhoon failed to topple them.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

A small alleyway lined with locally drawn scenes of nostalgic anime and cartoon characters.

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

This burial cave houses around 100 ancient coffins, neatly stacked to form a massive wall.

Just off the road outside Baguio, a gigantic lion's head carved into a mountain greets those driving by.

Some locals believe the fabled lost gold of General Yamashida is hiding somewhere beneath the city.

Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.

Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.

This 19th-century fountain's namesake animal isn't what you think it is.