An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

The art museum is decorated with creatively remodeled pre-Nazi swastikas.

A natural wonder in south Denmark.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

After Christopher Columbus died, his son built a fancy house to rule from.

A collection cataloguing one of the most brutal dictatorships in modern history.

Built in 1512, the oldest cathedral in the Americas.

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

A nuclear power plant abandoned along with an international allegience.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

The first Catholic church in Singapore is a Neo-Gothic colossus with a rich architectural history.

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."

These pastel-colored homes were built when the island of Macau was a Portuguese colony.

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

The courtyard of this palace was the site of the worst slaughter of sitting royals in recorded history.

This is one of the last surviving structures of a once vast palace complex.

Visitors to the National Museum of Nepal can moon over a set of well-traveled flags.

The oldest Hindu temple complex in Nepal serves as the seat of Nepal’s national deity, Lord Pashupatinath.