The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

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

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

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

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

The last woman executed for witchcraft in Europe is remembered in this Swiss museum.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

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

Remains of military submarines built in secret jungle factories by the Tamil guerrillas' naval wing.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

The remains of a monument in the remote Kazakhstani desert dedicated to the only men to die in outer space, the crew of the Soyuz 11 rocket.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

An archive of nearly every day of Buckminster Fuller's life.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.