The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

According to a gruesome legend, an architect sacrificed his wife to build this spectacular, 16th-century cathedral.

This eccentric folly house was designed by Romanian thinker Bogdan-Petriceicu Hasdeu, with a helping hand from his deceased daughter's spirit.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

A celebration of Norwegian independence, or public art gone wrong?

A microbiologist-chef is slinging noodles with hyperlocal Nordic ingredients.

A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.

These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.

An Ecuadorian haberdashery that sets the record straight about the so-called "Panama" hat.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, celestial wonders marked a portal to a powerful route of travel at this site in Madrid, Spain.

Stuck in the middle of a modern Madrid city block are the remains of a 19th century sports complex.

Time-frozen department store of dangerous and dusty relics.

From dragonfruit to mangoes to durian this Thailand resort allows guests to stay inside all manner of giant fruit.

One man's love of sea life and art has turned his home into a temple of outsider island art.

An underwater road considered a possible Atlantis location.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

This medieval castle was home to a known tyrant and features several hidden passages.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.