Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

The family compound and final resting place for the philosopher, Confucius, and over 100,000 of his descendants.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.

A quiet patch of astroturf laid out between a building that seems to be splitting in half.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

An abandoned shopping gallery built during Fascist Italy tucked in the center of Palermo.