In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

The largest market in Guyana, designed and built by the Edge Moor Iron Company of Delaware.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

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

This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.

Dakar is home to one of the oldest African art institutions in West Africa.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

This colonial town in Colombia sits around the largest stone paved square in South America.

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

Local lore says a serpent-like beast lurks in the deep basin below the falls.

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

South Korea's largely symbolic, barely used gateway to the North.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

Known as the leaning temple, the sacred structure has somehow developed a severe nine-degree slant.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.