In the 19th century, this pit housed a fully grown black bear for the entertainment of visitors. Today there is a sculpture in tribute to the poor creature.

This little-known national museum houses over 40,000 works of art from across the world.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

A historic building houses one of the most important archaeological institutes in Europe.

This museum covers 10,000 years of Pre-Columbian Latin American history.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

This statue is the only female representation of Rome's "talking statues."

A mountain cave is the site of archaeological findings and Paleolithic rock art.

This sculpture combines the literary Alice with her real-life inspiration.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 70 species of monkeys roam free alongside their human visitors.

This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.

This air raid shelter from the Spanish Civil War is now a museum dedicated to the history of the city's bombardment.

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

This Brazilian astronomy museum allows guests to gaze at the stars through their telescopes each weekend.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."