A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

The fighters and conspirators that won independence for Paraguay held secret meetings at this historic house.

Tracking the 1,500-year history of Korea's star cabbage.

The jewel of the museum is a rare tumulus, a funeral decoration from the 18th century.

A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.

This hydraulic power system in London was, at one time, seen as a rival to electricity and the last of its kind to shut down.

A scale rocket of an Ariane 5 rocket serves as a monument to a pioneer of space science.

The longest canal aqueduct in England was built without a plan to get water past the moving boats.

These medieval monastery ruins are surprisingly overlooked by most tourists.

The largest and oldest brick pagoda in Korea.

This once-grandiose behemoth of a monument from the socialist era now sits quiet and closed up.

Hidden on the 7th floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

The world's tallest boat lift stands as a massive piece of industrial tourism.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

This Buddhist monastery once housed an image of Buddha containing a 19-carat diamond.

This 2,000-year-old Doric bridge is still open to pedestrian traffic to this day.

A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

In this nearly 1,000-year-old monastery, monks painstakingly restore old books.

Built by a king and rebuilt by an emperor, this aqueduct transported water for 1,200 years to this ancient Mediterranean hub.

A showcase of engineering might that was also symbolic of westward expansion.

An angelic, yet demonic-looking figurine presides over one of Glasgow's most ancient streets.

The former home of silent film star Harry Carry.