The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

An eerie former warehouse turned cistern turned movie set.

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

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

This elephant kraal is the only one remaining in Thailand, dating back to the 16th century when these massive mammals were integral players in war and trade.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

A quick and simple solution to Cambodia's train woes.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

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