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.
If Las Vegas can become a global culinary capital, why not Siem Reap? This town in western Cambodia, whose bright lights and big hotels are fueled by the steady flow of visitors to the ancient city of Angkor, now serves up an international medley of imported flavors and aromas in a rather freewheeling style.
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.
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.
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.
If the conversation used to stop at the infamous balut (a duck embryo), no thanks to shows like "Fear Factor", it has since moved on, with diners now talking up staples such as adobo, sisig, pancit, lumpia and lechon.
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.
Where the sky ends, a giant lies sleeping, stretched out along a mountain ridge that looks over the Mediterranean Sea.
The moment you arrive in the village of Houtong in northern Taiwan, it takes no time at all to figure out who the real stars are.
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.
Qasr Al Hosn, regarded as the symbolic birthplace of Abu Dhabi, is arguably the most fascinating site in the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
The storm that battered the Edwin Fox in February 1873 might sound dramatic.
