Along the pavement of this neighborhood in Madrid are quotes from famous authors.

In 1953, a group of Wisconsin high school students helped build a hospital by collecting over a million pennies.

Created by a local artist, these quirky sculptures each have their own names and personalities.

The drawbridge used in the filming of the movie 'Annie' has been in the open position as it was in the movie for decades.

This huge work of functional public art replaced a landfill in New Jersey's Meadowlands.

A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.

A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.

One of the three perfect vellum copies of this historic book known to exist is on display in a specially-designed case.

This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).

Each of these 87 large stones has a unique message. Together, they form part of the Minnesota Military Family Tribute.

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

This museum houses two of Mexico's most impressive Aztec monoliths.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

A grand entrance to one of the world's smallest Chinatowns.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

Sample sweets at an Art Nouveau candy shop that's been in business since 1874.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

A trompe l'oeil mural remembers the original colonial building that once stood here.