The design of the Palacio Salvo has been described as "a lighthouse on top of a building."

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Striking ruins of a mansion that stood center stage in one of modern Brazil's most puzzling crimes.

A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.

This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.