An unusual vending machine designed to support mourners during funeral ceremonies at Zurich's largest cemetery.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

It's home to the taxidermy remains of Peter, the dog who helped convict a murderer.

An eerie abandoned gentlemen's club built for British officials during the colonial era.

A 19th century grave house with a unique message formed by the stone supports to the railing around the walls.

One of the largest caverns in the world has a maw large enough to stack cathedrals in.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

An unusual geological feature towers over the remains of a dark episode in United States history.

A vast, otherworldly collection of Buddhist stupas.

This abandoned Swedish folkpark offers an amazing view over the town of Överkalix.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

The wooded estate of the Forest Service employee responsible for D.C.’s cherry blossom trees.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

A real-life "hobbit" cave in Flores, Indonesia.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

Underneath this Byzantinian church lies a necropolis filled with ancient tombs and the ruins of previous churches.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

A small and quirky museum hidden inside a fence.

Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.