France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

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

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

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

A celebrated bandstand at the center of what was once the worst slum in London.

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

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