A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

The unique design was created by the traditional way communal rice paddies were divided among the indigenous people.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.

Where a young athlete began his run across Canada after losing his right leg to cancer.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

Belfast's namesake river still winds below the city center, hidden from sight.

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

A monument to the 17,000 Chinese who worked and died to build Canada's Pacific Railway.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.