These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.

This scenic fortress dates back at least 2,400 years to the time of Magna Graecia.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

Wonderland replication in progress by one persistent man.

Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.

A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

Scattered monuments in the middle of the Sahara dedicated to the late Egyptian actor and desert explorer.

The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

Even King Tut was intrigued by the glass of the Great Sand Sea.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.