Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

New York's oldest magic store.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

The octagonal tower at this important Buddhist site was added many years after the temple's initial construction.

A bulky, ancient stupa marks the site of Siddhartha Gautama's seminal Buddhist teaching.

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.

Known as the leaning temple, the sacred structure has somehow developed a severe nine-degree slant.

The beautiful 16th-century stepwell lies in the shadow of a famous fortress.

Ornate, dome-topped cenotaphs fill this royal crematorium.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

A startling, centuries-old subterranean marvel hides in plain sight.

An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.