In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

A monument to the real explorer and bear who inspired characters in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The much-beloved mascot of a local museum.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

This abandoned mausoleum from 1815 sits deep within the forest surrounding Callendar House.