Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

This eclectic architectural gem played witness to Zurich’s colonial past.

Walk through a restaurant's refrigerator door to reach this hidden bar.

What this Good Friday parade lacks in baroque filigree it makes up in somber gothic imagery.

A constellation of golden cobblestones shows the names of local children born under a full moon.

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.

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

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

Six beautiful wooden giants are hidden around Copenhagen.

Mysterious chains and iron stakes adorn this strange grave, with no explanation.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

A tiny traditional village keeps an ancient method of beekeeping alive.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.