Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

Incredible rock formations jut from the southern end of this spectacular stingray-viewing spot.

This building has a giant piercing through one of its corners.

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

With former lives as a bomb shelter and government parking lot, this shop is one of China’s most extraordinary locales for book-lovers.

Kuwait City's uniquely designed water towers look straight out of a retro sci-fi cityscape.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

This quirky local sculpture is quite literally a fish out of water.

Abandoned for over a century, this chilling train tunnel is now a destination for ghost hunters.

It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.

The skeletal frame of a decommissioned gas-pumping station offers breathtaking views of greater Berlin.

Once forgotten, this strip of sand was a rare beachside haven for Black Americans in Atlantic City.

The monument honors the first (and for a long time, only) African-born philosopher to teach at a German university.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.