Striking, enormous gold-plated sculpture of Buddha installed in the 19th century.

In Stone Town, Zanzibar, the city’s culture and history is told through its doors.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

From a 1930s bathing beach to a 1970s dumping ground, this stretch of Buenos Aires is now its largest and wildest reserve.

An otherworldly reserve of one of Earth’s densest volcanic fields and the world’s largest guanaco migration.

Some of the world’s most popular songs came out of this building.

This piece of the Berlin Wall symbolizes the shared German and Filipino struggles for freedom.

Historic bar where the Singapore Sling cocktail was invented.

An annual festival full of illuminated replicas of iconic landmarks from around the world.

A man-made island designed to look like a massive battleship.

Hidden deep within a Filipino jungle is an incredible waterfall that plunges into a dazzling blue-green pool.

The secret behind these nostalgic light fixtures: They're not as old as they may seem.

Coney Island’s last surviving haunted ride.

A colonial family tomb that once doubled as New York City’s secret records vault.

Perhaps the most storied New York City eatery, Delmonico’s reshaped American restaurants.

This installation turns abstract economics into a stark, public spectacle.

A dazzling work by a Pop art legend hangs in one of the world’s busiest subway stations.

Richly symbolic public artworks that have been reconfigured for the 21st century.

One of the world's best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is also one of the most unusual; it's made of black volcanic rock.

A historic sanctuary in the last refuge of the Aramaic language.

This statue honors the Philippine warrior who repelled a foreign invader and prevented Ferdinand Magellan from circumnavigating the globe.

A vast personal collection of World War II artifacts unearthed over many years by a father-son duo.

Latvia’s first skyscraper, nicknamed ‘Stalin’s birthday cake.’

The European Union’s tallest freestanding structure provides radio and television broadcasting to half of Latvia.