The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.

An architectural masterpiece which came in time to solve a dramatic situation inside this magnificent cathedral

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

A lending library of all possible categories of esoteric literature.

In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

Is this cat asleep or just pretending?

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

These sculptures were created by a 17th-century artist who had never seen an elephant.

Two nearly identical Chinese pagodas stand side by side, along with ancient stone relics.

Visiting this grotto is symbolic of a spiritual journey into Nirvana.

This human-made pond is part of a Korean palace complex first built in the 7th century.

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

This tomb's name derives from a famous painting of a white horse found inside.

A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.

This tunnel looks like a sliver of Shanghai that's stuck in the past.

A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.

Quirky bronze statue depicts the chaos of everyday life in Hong Kong.

A museum dedicated to all things tea-related, housed in Hong Kong’s oldest remaining Greek Revival building.

Regal guardians to one of the biggest banks in the world, symbols of Hong Kong's history and resilience.

Celebrating the history of Hangul, the Korean writing system invented by King Sejong to improve his realm’s literacy.

This ancient Corinthian helmet is South Korea’s only national treasure of Western origin.

A family of distorted sculptures stands outside Seoul's former imperial palace.