City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

It houses a menagerie of wondrous taxidermy specimens from around the world, including the remains of a famous gorilla.

The population of Southeast Asian primates was introduced to Mexico in the 1970s.

An eclectic mix of influences rot together in harmony in this India necropolis.

A Zoroastrian funerary tower where excarnation rituals are carried out is threatened by the area's dwindling vulture population.

Annual rush for a sacred desert lake's fish stock.

Originally used to sell brandy, the bull-shaped billboard became an iconic symbol of Spain.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

A series of abstract sculptures pop up from an otherworldly volcanic landscape.

Dating back to the fourth century, it's the oldest Hindu temple still in use in the Kathmandu Valley.

The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.

This ultra-modern burial building would have stacked the dead like a giant filing cabinet.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

This "flat geyser" bubbles up out of the ground periodically like a disappearing river.

This abandoned, turn-of-the-century astronomy hub is now the subject of more photographs than it ever took.

A lonely medieval monastery on an uninhabited island.

A radio tower with something unusual between its legs.