The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.

The middle finger of modernity.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.