One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

An early 20th-century sanatorium, long abandoned and now being reclaimed by nature.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

The pillars inside this small, ornate shrine hold Bangkok's horoscope within them.

The Hindu god Vishnu is said to have walked at this Hindu pilgrimage site.

This statue took 60 years to complete.

Six turbines towering over a wide road for passersby.

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

An enormous Buddha peers through a gap in its ruined chamber.