The studio of Catalonia's most famous theatrical designer remains exactly as he left it.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.

Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

Though technically an illegal structure, this eclectic DIY apartment complex is beloved by its residents.

This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.