This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

The ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery can be found alongside World War II tank traps and pillboxes.

One of the city's most imposing Neoclassical buildings is also one of its most prestigious schools.

This charming, hidden guild museum holds some 700 years of crossbow history.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

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

This sprawling stronghold has been at the center of some of South India's bloodiest wars.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

A mysterious Neolithic tomb is perched along the edge of a modern golf course.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.