The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

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.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

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

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.