The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Yo, Adrian!

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Hidden among popular Sydney golf courses is a little remembered graveyard populated by smallpox victims.

These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.

The bullet-banged DIY suit of armour belonging to Australia’s most famous outlaw.

A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.

Is there such thing as too many fruit bats? Not anymore.

This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.