A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

One of the most spectacular canyons in the world.

World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.