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This historic cemetery is home to the largest private mausoleum in Europe.

This unique museum explores the world of Japanese demons and spirits.

A miniature park, fairy garden, milkshake bar, museum, and micronation in one.

The oldest Egyptian obelisk still standing in its original site.

A gem of Catalan modernism amidst the vineyards.

Land that belongs to no nation.

A bizarre statue of a Buddhist goddess made from 20,000 insects.

The tallest mud-brick structure in the world has been standing since the 1500s.

Dioramas retell the obscure local legends and ghost stories of Sharjah, from a living palm tree to a headless camel.

An eclectic Buddhist temple packed with pop-culture icons.

One of Mexico City's seats of the Catholic faith, although not the majoritarian Latin Roman rite.

This magical grotto is adorned with a complex pattern of native seashells, minerals, and fragments of colored glass.

These 19th-century military fortifications spanning the island of Malta now form a nice countryside hiking trail.

The best collection of Mudéjar building replicas gathered in a theme park in Olmedo.

A museum about rituals, ghosts, and demons from around Asia, set in the middle of the peaceful Jiufen.

Unusual outdoor collection of sculptures.

In a city famous for its cemeteries, it's no wonder these are easy to overlook—they clock in at just a few inches tall.

Abandoned museum from the last days of Soviet domination, with a unique Brutalist design.

One of the few Tudor palaces in Germany, which hosted a historic WWII meeting.

From morgue to urn, watch the whole process at this unusual educational attraction.

A 605-page Quran penned in the blood of a dictator is locked away in a mosque.

The most peculiar part of Berlin's public transit network is an on-demand rowboat.

An 18th-century hunting lodge turned haunted Baroque palace.

A group of tiny bears has occupied various spots across Warsaw's Bemowo district.