From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

Nelson Mandela lived here with his family from 1946 until his arrest in 1962.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

An obelisk marks the spot where a British explorer's heart was buried before the rest of his body was transported to England.

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

Once where royalty entertained guests, this opulent table is now one of the longest in the world.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

In Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century palace is a reminder of the world's shortest war.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

This colorful overpass is one of Bhutan's longest suspension bridges.

The oldest Hindu temple complex in Nepal serves as the seat of Nepal’s national deity, Lord Pashupatinath.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

Every autumn, this grove of living fossils erupts in a blaze of brilliant golden-yellow leaves and stinky fruit.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.