An oddity shop inspired by the history of the circus.

This post-war motel embodies a little-known, Miami-born architectural style.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

The largest refracting telescope in Europe is housed on the grounds of a former French castle.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

The world's largest dark sky preserve is a Canadian park established to preserve the country's last wood bison.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

A failed, un-built suburb that has been going feral for decades.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The middle finger of modernity.

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