This store decorated with Japanese and underground pop culture items has been the centre of Barcelona alternative fashion scenes for more than a decade.

A bookstore dedicated to the intersection of comedy and art.

On the wall of this medieval square, a symbol of the Spanish Inquisition.

Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

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

Visiting this café is like visiting the Austrian grandma you wish you had.

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

London's largest outsider art museum.

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

Behold, a collection dedicated to Germany's favorite vegetable.

An amazing example of early-20th-century architecture, this church features marble transported from Utah.

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.

They sort through millions of dollars worth of diplomatic gifts on behalf of the government.