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

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.

The 18th-century home was disassembled into 253 cases and brought all the way from the other side of the world.

The city’s oldest gateway to the galaxy lies at the entrance to the Royal Botanical Gardens.

The former home of Victoria's first Lieutenant-Governor.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

A peculiarly shaped brass sculpture hidden in a courtyard in central Lviv

The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.

The medieval prince founded the first library in Ukraine at Saint Sophia's Cathedral where he was interred.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chornobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.

The tallest mountain in mainland Netherlands isn't actually very tall.

Lucerne's central prison was converted into a tourist hotel with a bare minimum of changes.

The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.

A Christian monastery stands on what was once a holy Incan temple.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

Filled with history, this cemetery is maintained each summer by a few hungry goats.

According to myth, there's a bloody explanation for the beautiful bright red color of this rock formation set amidst alpine vegetation.

This architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.

The small first-floor apartment where the author wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gone with the Wind.'

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

Named after a legendary garden called Eram in southern Arabia, built by order of Shaddad, an Arab king who wanted to compete with Paradise.