An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds. 

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

This small condiment museum makes all manner of mustards with a 200-year-old mill.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

Population: 1.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.