Todos Santos, Mexico
Misión Santa Rosa de las Palmas
Once a Catholic mission, this small town tucked between the ocean and the mountains is now a magical spot for art and history lovers.
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Todos Santos, Mexico
Once a Catholic mission, this small town tucked between the ocean and the mountains is now a magical spot for art and history lovers.
Alberta
A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.
MedellÃn, Colombia
Two identical statues by Fernando Botero, one blown to pieces in a terrorist bombing, the other donated as a gift for peace.
Kathmandu, Nepal
A place for local artists to showcase their works.
Nassau, Bahamas
This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.
London, England
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Dublin, Ireland
This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.
Barcelona, Spain
The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.
Paris, France
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
Brussels, Belgium
A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.
Stockholm, Sweden
The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.
Berlin, Germany
The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Krakow, Poland
St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.
Istanbul, Turkey
A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.
New Delhi, India
The mysterious empty cupola behind the monumental arch points to an ancient prophecy of Delhi.
Auckland, New Zealand
A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.
Cairns, Australia
This public art is inspired by a local Aboriginal creation story.
Cairns, Australia
These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.
Manila, Philippines
A monument dedicated in memory of the over 100,000 civilian deaths during the liberation of Manila in World War II.
Manila, Philippines
The first religious structure on the island of Luzon and a survivor of World War II.
Singapore
This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."
Singapore
This Singaporean food-court stall was home to the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal.