The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

A massive maritime collision may have led to the myth of a resort island's strange financial status.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

The oldest known university in the world is in Fez, Morocco.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

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.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A 16th-century Andalusian palace.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

The ruins of an ancient stadium that hosted gripping chariot and horse races.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.