A student driver's nightmare.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Brush shoulders with animatronic Arab leaders made of silicone.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

Known as the "Finger of God," a dramatic rock formation resembles a divine hand extending towards the heavens.

Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

"Would you like your sangria in an IV bag, or straight-up?"

A five-story homage to tea times past.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

If your school was decorated with trippy graffiti, served ambrosial coffee, and was frequented by mimes, it might have been similar to this groovy cafe.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.