A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

This former charity hospital for elderly clergy houses some of Seville’s most treasured paintings.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

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

The ruins of an ancient stadium that hosted gripping chariot and horse races.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.