The most alien-looking place on Earth.

This observatory within Europe's first dark sky park offers stunning views of the night sky.

The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

A giant yellow phallus sculpture hidden in the gardens of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.

The world's first floating farm is staffed by one human, three robots, and 35 cows.

Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.

This limestone cave offers an incredible view of the Río Grande de Arecibo valley.

This niche museum devoted to ancient religious artifacts is shaped like the very thing it displays.

A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.

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

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

The British monarchy's stamp collection is one of the most impressive in all of Europe revealing generations of royal nerdery.

The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.