The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

The ancient sauropod tracks found in this former quarry are some of the largest in the world.

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.

This oddly shaped church resembles a rocket.

An abandoned tuberculosis hospital said to be haunted by the patients who died within its walls.

This giant sculpture made of trash is a critique of society's wastefulness.

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

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

Ruins of an old sugar mill sitting quietly next to a park in rural Florida.

Mysterious "dots" seen from a satellite in southeast Peru.