Mexico City, Mexico
Cocodrilo de Leonora Carrington
A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.
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Mexico City, Mexico
A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.
Mexico City, Mexico
Its incredible collections are dedicated to preserving Mexico's film history.
Mexico City, Mexico
A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.
Davenport, Australia
Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.
Cambridge, England
Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.
Bristol, England
The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.
Matlock Bath, England
A seaside town with no sea in sight.
Bristol, England
An array of ancient artifacts from Bronze Age Bristol and other civilizations are housed in this museum.
Bristol, England
It houses a menagerie of wondrous taxidermy specimens from around the world, including the remains of a famous gorilla.
Bristol, England
One of Bristol's best-hidden gems has ties to Lord Byron, whence it became the nation's first reformatory school for girls.
Salem, Massachusetts
A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.
Ribadesella, Spain
A magnificent place to see authentic paleolithic cave paintings that are an astounding 33,000 years old.
Brighton, England
This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.
Sintra, Portugal
This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.
La Orotava, Spain
This unique rock formation is quite the local celebrity, although one day it may come crashing down.
Segovia, Spain
This magnificent castle grew from a small Moorish fortress, and reportedly inspired two iconic Disney castles.
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.
Valencia, Spain
Vibrant street art created with mixed media.
Córdoba, Spain
Spain's unique Mosque-Cathedral has been a place of worship for both Muslims and Christians throughout its history.
Yeres, Spain
Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.
Salamanca, Spain
The facade of this 16th-century building is decorated with carvings of 300 seashells.
Salamanca, Spain
An unusual but excellent display created in the 1930s as propaganda against the Freemasons.