Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

This ratty natural history collection is a charming relic among a city rushing into modernity.

A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.

The world's first hotel built in an abandoned water-filled quarry.

The tangled roots of a giant banyan tree have fully reclaimed the ruins of this abandoned warehouse.

Life-size animals and furniture made entirely from cardboard fill this odd paper-themed restaurant.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

Waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.

Looking for a crappy restaurant? Pull up a porcelain bowl and enjoy your meal.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A vortex fountain that seems to rise out of the ground.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.