This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

This faded sign to nowhere is a beloved icon in New Zealand.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

Water-powered gadgets whirr to life in this quirky eco park.

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp."

One of the largest collections of traditional Māori artifacts in New Zealand.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

A grand example of 19th century Burmese teak architecture, and the most significant of Mandalay's historic buildings.

A well kept and well documented look at the Bruneian Sultan's life and successes.

Two thousand feline artifacts fill Malaysia's "Cat City."

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."

The oldest teak bridge in the world is made from the remains of a royal palace.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

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

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.