An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

This building has a giant piercing through one of its corners.

These abandoned vessels are destined to be reclaimed by the forest.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

These ruins are a hidden gem, complete with fantastic views over the cliff edge.

Buy your fish and have it cooked to order in this bustling, eight-floor seafood market.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

Thousand-year-old trees tower within one of the world's only inland temperate rainforests.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

This unique preservation is one of the only taxidermies in the world made with real whale skin.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.

Nestled in the mountains of Portugal is a tiny village made almost entirely of schist.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

One of the world's oldest fossil exhibits is on display in a beautiful antique "naturalienkabinett."

A landmark in the history of technology and computing is hidden in a tiny Baroque chapel.