Video games, body language, and postal history are all on display in this Swiss museum.

This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs.

Dubbed "Wistom" by locals, this abandoned factory is an urban explorer's dream.

A schoolhouse and chapel are all that remains of this alpine village.

This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.

A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.

Iranian tombstones shaped like male and female sexual organs.

17th century mosque for Shah Abbas' harem.

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

Elegant marble and old vaults fill this historic Dutch bank turned office space.

Atop this former dutch railway office sits an interstellar work of art.

The world's largest collection of ships in bottles.

Tucked away in the Leiden city hall are a group of works by famed artist MC Escher.

The tallest waterfall in the Netherlands is a lovely, stepped feature that is only 50 feet tall.

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

Ecuador’s historic seat of government has been quietly looted in recent decades, and no one knows how or by whom.

Massive volcano in the Andes is the farthest point from earth's center.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

An artist’s underground sanctuary, 40 years in the making.

This small primate research island is teeming with playing, fighting wild monkeys.

This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.