Over 70 independent businesses have set up shop in this former Victorian department store.

A microbiologist-chef is slinging noodles with hyperlocal Nordic ingredients.

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.

A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

This garden is very fertile.

Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.

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

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

A replica of the famed statue far from home.

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.

These shopping center benches are actually a modern art installation.

This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

This medieval manor house was equipped with secret compartments for hiding priests.

This ingenious engineering solution was built to stop the "theft" of canal water.