According to the local legend, these boys and ducks were turned to stone by an angered water goblin.

Take a seat and hear a song by the composer Frédéric Chopin.

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

A window into a long-lost world, these colorful tiles advertise a long-defunct range of purgative teas, harmless smokables, and diarrhea cures.

A huge Soviet-era robotics factory in the outskirts of Pripyat, now long-abandoned.

This statue points to another unusual companion work of art often overlooked by visitors.

Kissing the ass of this stone lioness has become a rite of passage in the city of Girona.

This remote camping site offers incredible stargazing opportunities.

A set of outdoor stairs named in honor of a famous Austrian artist.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

A dozen cast iron leopards stand guard along the length of Aberdeen's Union Bridge.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.

An eighth-century rock-cut cave temple in the middle of Pune.

Locals say the water level in this 1,200-year-old tank never goes down.

The site of an atrocity that would be used to justify Britain’s conquest of India.