This museum’s collection includes rescued birds, fine art, and a collection of shrunken heads.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

This deceiving white sand beach gets its brilliant hue from the chemical discharge of a nearby factory.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world