Kuwait City's uniquely designed water towers look straight out of a retro sci-fi cityscape.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Cavemen, elephants, and eagles greet passengers driving through the town's main intersection.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

Two cannon-like cranes were installed on top of the bank building to fend off bad feng shui.

This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem.

The final resting place of soldiers who fell during the First and Second World Wars.

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."

The burial ground of four Buganda monarchs was nearly destroyed by a devastating fire.

Kenyan restaurant is a carnivore's paradise, serving exotic meats at its ultimate 'Beast of a Feast.'

Located in Nairobi National Park, this animal orphanage is the oldest of its kind in Kenya.

This colonial fort is an intriguing example of Renaissance military architecture.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

These murals stand as reminders to the troubled history of this Northern Ireland city.

An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.