Outdoor escalators and art have helped change what was once a notoriously dangerous part of Medellín.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A heartwarming message to those entering and departing Music City from above.

Sambusas get a Deep Southern twist at this Somali chai haven.

It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.

This museum covers 10,000 years of Pre-Columbian Latin American history.

This historic Chilean cemetery is the burial place of hundreds of European and American freethinkers and non-Catholics.

This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.

A man's home is his castle.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.