Ride the Tashkent metro

Delightfully strange theme park of Chinese mythology dioramas built by the Tiger Balm brothers.

See the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, famous for Michelangelo's ceiling frescoes including The Creation of Adam

Visit the ArtScience Museum in Singapore, featuring a lotus-inspired design and interactive exhibitions blending art, science, and technology

Visit Spodek, a famous flying saucer-shaped arena in Katowice, Poland, known for hosting concerts, sports events, and cultural gatherings

Visit Zalipie, a village in southern Poland known as the 'Painted Village' for its tradition of decorating houses with colorful floral motifs. See the House of the Women Painters (Dom Malarek), a museum showcasing the art and history of the custom, admire the painted church of St. Joseph, and explore the annual Painted Cottage Competition held in June, where residents compete for the most beautiful decorations.

A whole town of trulli — conical drystone houses found nowhere else, white and strange in the Puglian sun

Visit Copenhill, an innovative waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen with a ski slope, hiking trail, and climbing wall on its roof

Sunken Byzantine reservoir under Istanbul, its columns rising from black water.