How a lunch counter in Chile became a shrine to the 42nd president of the United States

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

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

Hidden in plain sight, this lush garden sits atop one of the most iconic buildings in São Paulo.

This spacecraft-shaped water tower is only a part of the mysterious UFO mania in this Brazilian town.

An abandoned Santa park is as far as this proposed theme park kingdom got toward completion.

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

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