This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

This statue of the "shiny uncle of Beppu" was erected in 2007.

"Excuse me sir, your submarine is blocking my building."

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

The seat of the lost Ryukyu Kingdom has survived numerous fires and wars over the centuries.

One of Indonesia's tallest, this waterfall takes a 390-foot plunge into the Lake Toba caldera.

Site of the largest volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years, one which may have nearly wiped out humanity altogether.

The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.

An artful memorial to 4,000 fateful oranges.

This feat of Brutalist architecture is also known as the Three Sisters.

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.

This small-town opera house has appeared much more in national culture and history than its charming setting might suggest.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

A monument on the pavement marks the spot where two cultures that shaped Sarajevo come together.

This beautifully preserved Ottoman house is steeped in history.

Initially built for a Chinese princess and sultana, this well was used to secretly assassinate some 200 Portuguese colonizers.

Explore a real 19th-century lead and zinc mine at this immersive series of exhibits.

Marine fossils from the Devonian period are exposed at this park.

This lonely minaret with an unusual decorative symbol is all that remains of a historic Ottoman mosque.

This park boasts a unusual collection of curious monuments from around the world, from Micronesia to Antarctica.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.