An eccentric home in Sicily turns heads on a regular basis.

A full-scale sculpture of a mermaid and baby grand piano hidden underwater by David Copperfield.

A crumbling island fortress that seems to be covered in a field of stone crosses but is simply incomplete.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

The other side is actually green.

World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, celestial wonders marked a portal to a powerful route of travel at this site in Madrid, Spain.

Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.

An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.