Hidden among the trees at the Rangeley Lakes Trails Center are more than 20 gnomes in small wooden houses.

This cave was once thought to be a hiding place for the devil.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

This restaurant has been a haven for D.C.'s LGBTQ community since the 1950s.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.

These towering cliffs jut dramatically from the middle of a barren desert.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

This is one really big nut.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

The controversial final resting place of the equally controversial first president of Turkmenistan.

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.