The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

The church's remarkable frescoes incorporate Finnish artist Hugh Simberg's trademark themes of death and the supernatural.

The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.