The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.

This under-visited temple is nestled within one of Shanghai's traditional shikumen-style residential blocks.

The powerful party began with a secret meeting in this shikumen in 1921.

A small gallery and shop dedicated to an ancient style of hand-printed textile.

The home where the first Premier of the People's Republic of China worked and lived.

The birthplace of modern China.

The spirit of an executioner is said to cause cars to roll uphill in this English forest.

A council house in England where ghostly activity was reported in the 1970s.

A Nile crocodile, a historic symbol of apothecaries, is among the fascinating collection.

A building that looks like a giant hedgehog, in the middle of East London.

This cathedral's stained-glass patchwork of psychedelic colors and shapes was put in place long before the swinging 60s.

Signs illustrate the bizarre legend of St. Felix's arrival in this English village, which led to the consecration of a beaver.

This captivating Bronze Age timber circle spent centuries concealed by the tides.

This lesser-visited gallery in a corner of the Tokyo National Museum complex is an architectural beauty dedicated to the ancient treasures of Hōryū-ji.

The (fictional) address of Sweeney Todd's bloody barbershop.

In Malawi, this is where the lion sleeps tonight.

A hollowed-out baobab that became the horrific final resting place of leprosy sufferers, with gruesome evidence to prove it.

This amateur-built East African church with mismatched towers is an architectural abnormality.

A museum complex preserving Malawian history and art, and renowned for its woodcarving tradition.

If you ever wanted to touch a medieval mercenary’s three testicles, look no further.

Angels and demons watch over newspapers in this deconsecrated church.

Legend has it that the devil itself built this portal on a dare.