Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Largest Street Art Mural in the World
Eduardo Kobra’s breathtaking 32,300-square-foot graffiti wall took over Rio’s Olympic Boulevard.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Eduardo Kobra’s breathtaking 32,300-square-foot graffiti wall took over Rio’s Olympic Boulevard.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.
Brazil
An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.
Vila de São Jorge, Brazil
These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.
São Paulo, Brazil
The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.
Bonito, Brazil
Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.
Parnamirim, Brazil
You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.
Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil
After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.
Natchez, Mississippi
This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.
Gulfport, Mississippi
Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.
Claiborne County, Mississippi
An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
In this small strip mall resides the largest collection of original art from the famed TV artist.
Scottsboro, Alabama
One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.
Shreveport, Louisiana
One of the largest collections of intact Victorian-era waterworks equipment in the world.
Mandeville, Louisiana
This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.
Shreveport, Louisiana
From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.
Kentwood, Louisiana
A small town museum honors local WWII veterans and the queen of pop who put it on the map.
Pioneer, Louisiana
This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.
Lake Charles, Louisiana
This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.
Rayne, Louisiana
The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.
LaPlace, Louisiana
All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.