A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

This local landmark is home to art galleries and the area's only community darkroom.

Once a safe haven for locals engaged in blood feuds, this 400-year-old fortified tower is now a museum showing what life was like for those lying in wait within its walls.

Florida’s largest fish hatchery features aquariums, fishing ponds, and local taxidermy.

Artist Jack Pierson made this surreal sculpture in honor of Wonder Valley, a countercultural community on edge of civilization.

A massive playground in the woods of Germany.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

This miniature museum is home to a vast array of insects.

A Kansas nature preserve protecting the plants and animals that once stretched across central North America.

A state-of-the-art medical facility dedicated to treating beloved birds of prey.

For more than 70 years, this small shop has been a go-to for Kolkata's fountain pen connoisseurs and collectors.

Cut into a sheer cliff face, these stairs are the only way to reach a secluded Scottish harbor.

Organisms normally seen under a microscope decorate this church.

Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.

A small museum dedicated to the history and design of German packaging.