Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

This striking landscape in northern Vietnam contains both geological and archaeological wonders.

A Surreal flight of architectural fancy in Vietnam's Central Highlands.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.