An ancient mineral hot spring sits at the middle of this combination cultural center and spa.

Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.

This statue of the great Argentinian car driver is located near a famous curve of the Monaco Grand Prix.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

The facade of this 16th-century building is decorated with carvings of 300 seashells.

Originally used to sell brandy, the bull-shaped billboard became an iconic symbol of Spain.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

A curious carving hides on a marble column in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

A Buddhist temple on an artificial island that houses a monument to the fugu fish.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

You don't have to be a diplomat to visit the so-called Camp David of the West.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.