This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

This bone-filled cave got its name after they found 140 bear skeletons inside.

A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.

Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.