Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.

This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.

These jagged limestone blades cut out through the canopy of the jungles of Borneo.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

These Stalin-era industrial 'death traps' hang lifeless above the city

Only a handful of these gorgeous historic waterwheels remain but even those are in danger from local unrest.

One of the oldest restaurants in the Seychelles.

Standing proud atop a Turkish bluff, this Ottoman palace has retained its grandeur despite being abandoned for centuries.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

A colorful collection of scavenged glass bells decorates this Canadian ranch.

Riding on a pair of architectural dragons, this Thailand temple holds murals full of lurid imagery.

This ceremonial Mexican square looks as though it belongs in a science fiction movie.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

This massive airship factory is so large that it has its own indoor weather.

A patriotic medieval knight in driven-nail armor raised money for widows and orphans of WWI.