Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

A visionary Italian architect created an impressive cluster of concrete structures for a family's private tomb.

A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

Massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.