An ancient Chinese temple where even the emperor dressed like a farmer in the name of the harvest.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Thanks to the building of a life-giving reservoir, part of the Great Wall of China is now a dive site.

Stretching almost 2,000 feet, this painting is one of the longest pieces of Buddhist artwork in the world.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

Daikon radishes are offered to the Japanese Buddhist counterpart of the Hindu god Ganesha at this historic hilltop temple.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

Decor at “Nevada’s Oldest Thirst Parlor” includes Raquel Welch's brassiere hanging from a stuffed moose head.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

On Waikīkī Beach, a monument to four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirits who brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawai'i.