Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

Oldest Protestant church in the Middle East, designed to resemble a synagogue.

Israel's first dedicated natural history museum is home to 5 million specimens and still growing.

A modern-day cabinet of curiosities housed in a 300-year-old inn.

The most peaceful "country" in the Middle East.

An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.

Preserved "bog person" that is over 2,000 years old.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

The artwork commemorates the many ways 20th-century people perished while on the clock.