This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

Does being buried standing up help you get into heaven faster?

One of the oldest bridges in Norwich was used during the English witch trials and is said to be haunted.

A 16th-century footpath said to be haunted by a young girl that died trapped within its misshapen old house.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

Mythical beasts symbolizing the city of Tokyo guard a historic bridge.

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.