An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

A once-glowing grotto at the bottom of Waikapalae Wet Cave.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

A memorial to Wellington's well-loved, well-traveled wharf dog.

A beachside monolith shaped by years of waves crashing against hard quartz.

Marvel of green building techniques that sings with the wind.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

This space rocket-like Buddhist stupa sits atop two giant arches and can be seen from out at sea.

Pettah's beautiful floating market was once a stinky canal in a sketchy industrial area.

A neglected bell tower in modern Colombo is a symbol of the city's colonial past.

This mesmerizing architectural wonder will take your breath away with its unusual color patterns.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.