This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

This giant sculpture made of trash is a critique of society's wastefulness.

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

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

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

A non-profit that uses the impressive smelling abilities of African Pouched Rats to find and clear unexploded land mines.

A Guinness World Record-holding social enterprise whose shows don't shy away from heavy themes.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

"Bangkok's Green Lung," a large park on an island, feels worlds away from traffic-choked Sukhumvit Road.

A small museum in the Golden Triangle tells the story of the opium drug trade that gripped Northern Thailand.

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.

The housing complex served as an anti-fascist fortress during the Austrian Civil War.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."