Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

The middle finger of modernity.

A small Rwandan workshop where you'll find traditional works of art—made from cow dung.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

After suggesting criminals be burned to death on this rock, a king's advisor suffered his own punishment.

For a century, the tallest building in Tasmania was a tower built to manufacture ammunition.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.