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West African flavors shine at this unassuming strip mall spot in southwest Houston.

A curious statue fit for a mad tea party.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

A fortified medieval basilica on the Caelian Hill preserves extraordinary frescoes and one of Rome's most beautiful hidden cloisters.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.

A dreamlike medieval church dug into the tuff rock, with unusual carvings and possible traces of the Templar knights.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

This network of roads is one of the most unique Etruscan creations ever discovered.

A blend of nature and art awaits visitors to this park.

This 21st century cabinet of curiosities includes dinosaur bones, moon rocks, film memorabilia, and more.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.