Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

A Spanish forest is filled with mysterious stone carvings.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

The studio of Catalonia's most famous theatrical designer remains exactly as he left it.

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.

A stately palace has been converted into the world's largest cannabis museum.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.

An enormous effigy of the goddess of compassion hides within the sanctuary.

One of China's last communal villages wears its ideals on its sleeve.

China has many statues of the general and war god, but none are as epic as this.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

A golden temple atop a sacred mountain, known for its giant effigy of the revered Pu Xian.

The largest statue in the world towers at 420 feet high atop another 66 feet of pedestal.

The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.

Where better to stay the night than inside a trio of ancient Chinese deities representing "the good life."

It took an artist 20 years to create this sprawling sculpture garden honoring the area's ancient inhabitants.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.