This historic street in Quito is known for its seven stone crosses—and one presidential assassination.

This museum’s collection includes rescued birds, fine art, and a collection of shrunken heads.

A mummified Spanish monk found in the walls of an Ecuadorian church, alongside a mummified mouse.

Building this tragically pointless stone barrier cost the lives of the prisoners made to build it.

Since the 1700s, this old barrel has acted as a post box that relies on the kindness of travelers.

An abandoned Ecuadorian prison that once held ex-presidents and notorious con artists is now a carceral museum.

The remains of an ancient settlement in one of the oldest archeological sites in South America.

This small uninhabited island offers Galapagos-like biodiversity.

This eerie abandoned building with a dark history is said to be one of the most haunted places in the Philippines.

Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.

A cemetery and the town it served sinks beneath the sea during the volcanic birth of Mt. Vulcan.

A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.

Bohol's mysterious brown hills.

Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.

A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

This Shetland Islands bus shelter may be small, but it squeezes in a couch, a desk, some art, and even an old telly.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

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

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.