Since Thailand is 95% Buddhist, Bangkok is naturally home to hundreds of temples, known in Thai as "wats".
Portugal's Silver Coast and the rest of the Centro region surrounding Nazare are home to almost undiscovered treasures that are unfairly ignored by tourists, who usually visit only Lisbon or the wine country around Oporto in the north of the country.
The junk boat, tall and wooden with three bright red sails glowing in the sunlight of Victoria Harbour, is one of Hong Kong's most iconic visual symbols.
Some emerge from the soft rock like reptiles basking in the sun. Others are puzzling hollows that resemble an ancient board game played all over the world. And a few are downright baffling.
Rome, the Eternal City, has weathered invasions, conquests and lootings countless times since it was founded almost 2,800 years ago. Every assault has left its scars across the city, from the ruins of the Roman Forum to the hollow of the Circus Maximus, where chariots once raced.
Salvador Dali's whimsical collection, assembled by the man himself, is the ultimate statement from the famous surrealist. Best known for his uncanny paintings of melting clocks and his eccentric way of life, Dali had a grand vision, and this striking red fortress topped with giant eggs paints an intricate portrait of the celebrated artist.
Helga Jonsdottir still remembers in vivid detail the day her island home was swallowed by a volcano, as she and her family fled the molten lava alongside everyone else.
Spoilers! This story reveals the ending of "Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens".
Wherever you find yourself (in a humble kocsma packed with regulars nursing their beers, in a sleek cocktail hideaway, or in one of Budapest's quirky ruin pubs crammed with tourists), the drinking scene of the Hungarian capital shares one constant.
Driving through Brazil toward Rio de Janeiro, you might catch a chilling sight by the roadside: a gang of abandoned Santa Clauses sprawled out among palm trees and greenery.
He may have died in 1965, but Winston Churchill, Britain's famous leader, remains a formidable presence in the country he led to victory in the Second World War.
Long before Azerbaijan made its name in oil, it was a land of silk and spices.
Fukushima is one of the six prefectures that make up Tohoku, a vast, remote and underdeveloped region on the northeastern edge of Japan's main island of Honshu, which draws fewer than 2% of the country's international visitors.
It's an ordinary Wednesday lunch in Paris, the streets humming with tourists and the terraces packed with tables, when the air fills with the scream of an air raid siren.
The Golden Gate Bridge is a Bay Area icon, and it's far more than just a way for drivers to cross the line between the city of San Francisco and Marin County to the north.
