One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

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

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

An abandoned faux-pub made famous by a Guinness commercial.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.

A small Denmark town displays a pair of titanic jaw bones as their community symbol.

A 605-page Quran penned in the blood of a dictator is locked away in a mosque.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

They call buildings like this "mimetic architecture," but nothing has ever mimicked the taste of Moxie.

Take a giant yellow bird cage to the top of Elba's highest mountain.

A granite waterfall cascading down is one of the highest multi-tiered falls in the state.

A monument to a working class martyr.

This 47-story "M" needed 20 years to be completed

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.

A Spanish town built into the cliffs.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

From carts to cars, this leftover Roman bridge in France has managed to survive for centuries.