A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

The world's largest clay lick, where parrots gather to snack.

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

This small oxbow lake has rare giant river otters and some Seussian-sounding birds.

A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

Flaming barrels of tar race through these village streets on Bonfire Night, a tradition that dates back centuries.

This deceiving white sand beach gets its brilliant hue from the chemical discharge of a nearby factory.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.

A 19th century pearling and fishing village abandoned before Qatar's economic boom.

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

A memorial to Brazil's little-known role in World War II.

A Spanish forest is filled with mysterious stone carvings.

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.