Beasts and branches swirl in sandstone carvings, interrupted by one strange creature.

The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.

Local lore says a serpent-like beast lurks in the deep basin below the falls.

The largest of only eight working transporter bridges left in the world.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

In 1977, an eccentric book lover formed a micronation for book lovers.

There's a labyrinth of manmade tunnels stretching for over an acre beneath Bristol.

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

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

The world's most elegant power lines.

This centuries-old tower hosts endangered bald ibis mating pairs and looms over a pristine beach.

An otherworldly art experience.

The ruins of a 2,000-year-old Roman fishing village perched on one of the best beaches in Spain.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

A solitary lighthouse in Spain was an inspiration to the great Jules Verne.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

This black sand beach was crafted from volcanic explosions including the historic Minoan eruption.

A safari-themed castle in the South African bush with the largest maze in the southern hemisphere.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.