The corpse bride of Portugal.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

One of only five observatories in the world built to measure the Earth's wobble.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

A stately palace has been converted into the world's largest cannabis museum.

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.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

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.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.