A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

A modest stone circle in North Wales.

The greatest amusement park in the world is wall-to-wall farting dogs, puking rats, and cows with exposed breasts for the whole family.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

The oldest volcanology research center in the world.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.

This collection of historic puppets honors centuries of the craft.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.