This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

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

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

Site where Moses may have received the Ten Commandments.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

A remote monument to one of the fiercest battles fought by the Victorian British Army.

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

Crumbling pyramids and temple ruins stand within the shadow of this sacred butte.

Early Islamic mosque with several strange conical domes.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

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

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

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.