This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

Detailed sandstone carvings show an array of symbolism and adorable animals.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

The walls of this medieval church are covered with perfectly preserved frescos, including a pristine example of the Dance of Death.

The composer did some of his finest work in this country home, including "The Nutcracker."

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

Artist Diego Morlin's war between the natural and human worlds is a wanderer's delight.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

The home of a neoclassical master is now a shrine to his chosen art style.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.

Lebanese castle built by one man, over a lifetime.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.