A private home museum with a collection of over 5,000 Peranakan artifacts.

A haven for book enthusiasts across the street from Retiro Park.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

This Renaissance square was at the center of Leonardo da Vinci's map, the first ichnographic ever.

This network of roads is one of the most unique Etruscan creations ever discovered.

The non-native bovine herd was brought in to help conserve these Berlin wetlands.

A map store filled with original Cold War era Russian maps of the world.

An ancient cemetery hides behind a line of disparate chapels.

Beautifully decorated tarot cards from the Middle Ages.

Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.

An off-the-beaten-path monastery in the northern hills of Ulaanbaatar.

Like your grandma's attic—if your grandma were a little weirder, extremely well-traveled, and had a great eye for art.

This demonic monument commemorates a carving destroyed in World War II.

This fortress-like monastery is covered with intricate frescoes.

A well-preserved quarry and six of eight continuous burning pot kilns used to make burnt lime and crushed stone are highlights of the self-guided walking tour in Fountain Rock Park.

A weekly bazaar sells thousands of books, from vintage collectibles to paperbacks sold by weight.

A prime example of socialist modernist architecture, wrapped in a enormous fresco about the media.

The beautifully designed resting place of Iran's national poet is a masterpiece of modern Persian architecture.

Open since 1977, this small museum is filled with a lifetime of finds from a tireless traveler and collector.

Celebrating the history of Hangul, the Korean writing system invented by King Sejong to improve his realm’s literacy.

An underground world of gorgeous, palatial metro stations designed as a nuclear shelter complex.

A beautiful gorge filled with streams and waterfalls.

A small museum dedicated to Vietnam’s lesser-known Iron Age culture.

After the comedian dissed a Connecticut town on his show, they named a sewage treatment plant after him.