The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

A piece of stonework relief commemorates the site where the Devil's rage, and odd apparel, destroyed a house.

This gruesome biblical parade celebrates the one day a year that a bit of Jesus' blood turns to liquid.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.

Once used to calculate the various levels around the country.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

An artistic melting pot inside an old roadside inn from the Ottoman era.

This architecturally eclectic early-20th century mosque was built as a place of worship for the Islamic followers of a Jewish messiah.

A tiny house showcases the busy life of a local gnome.

This small museum collects the Christian remembrances which would otherwise be forgotten.

A museum-like shop that has been producing clogs, brushes, and ropes for nearly 200 years.

Nestled in the woods lies this land art project: a hybrid between park, maze and natural monument.

A massive stone fox oversees a Rotterdam elementary school crosswalk.

An impressive array of unique homemade planetariums.

A sanctuary for sickly, stray, or wounded donkeys.

One of the oldest masonic temples in the Netherlands, built in 1757.

This charming pup is meant to celebrate the youth and stubbornness of the city's students.

The place where houses are born.