A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

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

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Death road of Bolivia.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.