What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

The pedestrian traffic signals in Brazil's teeming metropolis light up with clues to nearby landmarks.

One of São Paulo's tight urban intersections has become a haven for graffiti artists ever since a single Batman started the trend.

A huge boat-shaped hotel with a blood red pool and other oddities.

The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.

The bookstore with bookshelves built into unlikely places.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.