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Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.

The development of this cliffside waterpark is representative of Mexico's history of co-op tourism developments.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

This abandoned, turn-of-the-century astronomy hub is now the subject of more photographs than it ever took.

The bank's whimsical shape was inspired by a child’s toy.

This ambiguous pig shrine is actually a monument to a beloved queen.

A three-table eatery sits inside the home-kitchen of a seafood virtuoso in Bangkok's Chinatown.

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

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.