Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

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

Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.