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Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

Inside this church are the alleged remains of the patron saint of lovers, epileptics, and beekeepers.

An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.

The remains of this misplaced church were moved here stone by stone.

The unfinished final resting place of some of Spain's most prominent politicians.

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

This Brazilian palace island was once the site of the last grand ball before revolution.

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

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

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.

Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Museum housed in underground tunnels that date back to Buenos Aires's earliest settlements.

The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is one of the oldest pet cemeteries in the world.