A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

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 colorful "forest" made entirely from three tons of recycled plastic waste.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

The world's largest bust sculpture celebrates the Hindu deity, Shiva.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

The oldest still-inhabited hill fort in India looks like a magnificent golden sandcastle.

This isolated airport in the middle of the Everglades sees more alligators than planes.

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

A science fiction-inspired apartment building designed by a famous Spanish architect.

A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.

A pretty park of over 1,600 olive trees that grew from just three saplings brought over from Spain.

A small, emotionally charged room inside the Mario Testino Museum dedicated to Princess Diana and one famous photo shoot.

A fascinating little museum all about the rich history of Peru’s famous plant.