This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

A Zoroastrian funerary tower where excarnation rituals are carried out is threatened by the area's dwindling vulture population.

World's most expensive home.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.

Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.

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

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a treasure trove of rare flora.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

A work of art that pays homage to a Victorian timepiece in Providence.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.