A fantastical and futuristic temple of light built from nine monumental glass veils.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

Tucked in Mumbai’s wealthiest neighborhood is one of the city’s oldest and most sacred sites: a temple complex believed to house the waters of the Ganges.

In Mumbai, a bright blue synagogue is the largest one for the Baghdadi Jewish community in Asia.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

A once grand hotel now sits eerily abandoned in the Catalan countryside outside Barcelona.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

A century-old bathhouse that provides the luxury of warm water to rural Guatemalans.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.

The remains of an ancient city-state along the Silk Road.

This "Jewish Sistine Chapel" was designed to reinvigorate Judaism's artistic legacy but was almost lost to misguided restoration.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.