The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

A 19th-century time capsule of travel, fiction, and historic texts still available to the public.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.

These stairs were built to accommodate royals mounted on elephants.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

One of the largest necropolises in the world is home to a stunning array of historic Middle Eastern tombs.

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.

A replica of the Statue of Liberty watches over the tomb of 72 Chinese revolutionaries.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

China's very own Atlantis is an ornate dynastic city resting at the bottom of a lake.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

This Brazilian palace island was once the site of the last grand ball before revolution.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

This former Imperial summer home was the venue for a royal slap that once echoed 'round the world.

A bathhouse from the second Islamic Caliphate decorated with frescoes of constellations, pleasure gardens, and naked ladies.

On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.