Taktshang Monastery

Taktshang Monastery, 700 meters above the Paro valley, Bhutan

This place is called the tiger's nest because some crazy monk decided to build it there after he rode a tiger to the spot a long time ago. While it seems like the story may have gotten stretched a bit through the years, I wonder how you actually get to it. But once you get there, all seven temples are open to visitors.

Gasometer

Gasometer, Vienna, Austria

I think I might have to live in these to get the full effect. These old coal-gas containers were retrofitted into a living community. Behind these giant outerwalls are housing communities for 1600 residents, student housing for 250 residents, a music hall, a movie theater, and some other stuff. The result of which is a unique sense of community that has been the subject of several recent studies. It seems very cool.