One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

A vast museum devoted to North Korea's victories against its imperialist enemies.

One of the largest public squares in the world, named after the former DPRK supreme leader.

A highly symbolic tower in honor of Supreme Leader Kim Il-sung's personal philosophy.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.