Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents

The former home of a trailblazing surrealist is still filled with haunting dolls and grim paintings.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

A site where “the ravages of the war are more striking…than any other place in contemporary Spain.”

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

An ancient church on a tiny island covered in stone bible stories has controversially been turned into a museum.

Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.

A centuries-old lookout post still sits atop a natural stone spire.

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

The largest catacomb system in the world.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

This 1000 year old relic-filled cave monastery and UNESCO World Heritage Site also hosts an amazing micro-miniature museum.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

A preserved dragon's rib that remembers the legend of the founding of the city of Atessa.

This preserved puppy was an adorable beacon of charity.