The Latvian city of Ventspils is filled with dozens of cow statues showcasing unique themes.

Rent a barrel for a personal view of where the Baltic Sea meets the Gulf of Riga.

Occult books, tarot, oddities.

This store offers tastes of Aboriginal Australia, with some contemporary and global twists.

These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.

Home of the world's largest crocodile.

A historic hotel on the edge of the Australian outback.

WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.

A wonder of natural limestone formations etched by millions of years of natural interaction between rainfall and rock and air.

White cockroaches and other cave species occupy this massive series of lava tubes.

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

The UFO capital of Australia is the outback’s answer to Roswell.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.