One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.

The masses at this church incorporate enough moonshine and animal sacrifice that they are no longer recognizably Catholic.

The stoutest tree in the world.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

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

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

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

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

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

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

A tiny house showcases the busy life of a local gnome.

A museum dedicated to the German scientist who revealed the significance of the mysterious Peruvian Nazca Lines.

Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.