A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

This amazing collection includes rare stamps from around the world, including fluorescent ones.

This graveyard boasts a medley of diverse and imaginative funeral architecture.

The ruins of an abandoned church mingle with the graves at Oaxaca’s General Cemetery.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

This Oaxacan town is known for its colorful fantastical creatures hand-carved by local artisans.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

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

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The stoutest tree in the world.