Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

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

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

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Once an imperial lake garden, anyone can now visit this city park.

A clay house decorated with ceramic chips in Tianjin.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

This massive neon wheel is the only one of its kind to be built over a bridge.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

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

China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.

China has many statues of the general and war god, but none are as epic as this.