Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.