Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

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

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

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

This castle has links to Portugal’s founding and struggles for independence.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

The building hides in plain sight in Ribadavia's historic Jewish quarter.

Seaside ruins of a settlement that date back to the first century B.C.