One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

This "social palace" housing complex created a relatively stable and self-contained worker's society... for a time.

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

From neon green watering holes to bleached elephant foetuses, this Mozambique museum makes natural history weird.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.