An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses separated by a bridge.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.

The masses at this church incorporate enough moonshine and animal sacrifice that they are no longer recognizably Catholic.

A fairy garden in an old hotel hidden in La Marquesa forest.

The "world's smallest volcano" has been used to store meals and dispose of dead bodies.

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

A remarkable range of flora and fauna are represented in this Dominican nature preserve.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

This toxic spoil heap found a second life as a ski slope, popular film location, and wildlife haven.

Off-limits and full of venomous pit vipers, Brazil’s Snake Island has a frighteningly apt nickname.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

Spain's unique Mosque-Cathedral has been a place of worship for both Muslims and Christians throughout its history.