It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

In this Balinese village, coconut shells containing placentas are hung from trees.

This tiny shop has been serving traditional tamales for more than 200 years.

A beautiful, water-filled quarry that has become a popular haunt for swimmers and artists.

The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

Enchanting cave with a river crashing through the roof.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

The largest garbage dump in all of Central America is home to a tragic community that make their living from the refuse.

Volcanic activity causes small pools of super-heated mud to boil furiously.

The youngest volcano in Central America.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.