This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

The gravestone of a famous poet features a fittingly poetic epitaph chosen by the writer himself.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

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

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Once living up to its name as the grandest hotel in all of Africa, the Grande Hotel is now home to a community of squatters.

Nazca pilgrimage site covering 370 acres is a popular stop for archeologists and looters.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.