Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.