The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

The buildings are among the few Frank Lloyd Wright structures still standing in Japan.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

Also known as the "Red Taj Mahal."

This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

One of the oldest colonial buildings still standing in South America.

An art installation composed of items left behind by beachgoers.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.