After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.

This former Imperial summer home was the venue for a royal slap that once echoed 'round the world.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

In this Borneo cave, it's not the thousands of bats you need to worry about, it's the blankets of roaches.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

This giant crucifix is like U2's Joshua Tree for Swedish death metal fans.

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

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

Denmark's famous pseudo-hill.

Preserved "bog person" that is over 2,000 years old.

A colossal strolling Pinocchio that was greeted with more outrage than whimsy.

The world's largest model of our planetary system.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.