Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

A majestic mansion designed in Mughalai style, complete with a turquoise onion dome.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

In this African village, the walls of the chief's compound are painted with beautiful traditional designs.

The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.

“It has nae lugs!”

The last permanent exhibit dedicated to the Soviet leader.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

A small museum contains one of the largest collections of ethnic and traditional headgear in the world.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

A spitting ode to a German serial killer.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.

A symbol for the opposition to nuclear power around the world.