A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

Known as the Hintz House, this medieval pharmacy has been an apothecary's haven for nearly 450 years.

A small town Romanian cemetery filled with darkly humorous gravestones.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

In Costa Rica's cloud forest, the roots of a woody ficus create a botanical bridge.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

A sculpture dedicated to the trade that gave the town its name.

One man's personal collection of more than 2,000 creepy-crawlies from around the world.

An elegant space dedicated to a master of romanticism and minimalism.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

A beautiful example of 18th-century engineering still standing tall.

Cavemen, elephants, and eagles greet passengers driving through the town's main intersection.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

This Indonesian village was revitalized by a vibrant rainbow paint job.

Would you dare to dangle from a great height in a wooden basket?

This church devoted to Mexico's "dead saint" is a festive celebration of a formerly hidden religious figure.

This small Estonian hill is covered in hand-made twig crosses that are said to bring good luck.

The walls and ceilings of the "Mexican Sistine Chapel" are almost completely covered with mural, sculpture, inscriptions and oil paintings.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

One of Mexico's rare urban natural parks features waterfalls and a working fish farm.

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.