The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

A small alleyway lined with locally drawn scenes of nostalgic anime and cartoon characters.

These charming mailboxes became social media stars after a typhoon failed to topple them.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

Taiwan's last Chinese character letterpress preserves the dying art of Chinese character mold making.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

Looking for a crappy restaurant? Pull up a porcelain bowl and enjoy your meal.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.

A section of the long chain that blocked enemy ships from entering Constantinople.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

Surreal works of unreal stone and metal dot the landscape of this Latvian art park.

This impressively complicated radioastronomy research center was once a tool of Soviet spies.

A railway bridge leading nowhere stands lonely in the middle of a meadow.

A top secret Cold War bunker hidden beneath a Latvian spa facility is now open for tours.

Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.

A vast and unlikely aviation museum kept alive for over 50 years due to one man's tenacity.

This enigmatic artifact remained buried in a churchyard for years.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

A stone marker and sculpture in the city of Riga stake a claim for the very first community Christmas tree.

A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.