These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

A Buddhist temple on an artificial island that houses a monument to the fugu fish.

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

Bone marrow-loaded birria with handmade corn tortillas—need we say more?

Once a safe haven for locals engaged in blood feuds, this 400-year-old fortified tower is now a museum showing what life was like for those lying in wait within its walls.

This beachside town is home to a diverse nature reserve, multiple cays, and one of the three bioluminescent bays in Puerto Rico.

This scenic cable car ride glides 100 feet above Mexico City.

It's believed a local adventurer spent 50 years living inside this cave.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

A classic theatre located along a desolate Montana road.

A unique shrine dedicated to the deified skull of a 17th-century Tokyo courtesan.

A lonely chimpanzee lures you into a narrow alley leading to this hidden shrine.

Losing lottery tickets are deposited at this shrine in hopes of better luck.

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

This tiny stone in a children's park is what remains of an ancient, once-worshipped object.

Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.