The design of the Palacio Salvo has been described as "a lighthouse on top of a building."

This beautiful example of neoclassical architecture is one of Uruguay's most treasured cultural gems.

The oldest café in Montevideo preserves its history as the city's bohemian hub.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.

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.

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.

This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

In one of the smallest countries in the world stands an original Salvador Dalí sculpture.

The unexpectedly beloved remnants of a controversial thermal power plant.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

A public work of art that also provides some relief from the summer heat.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

This only museum in the world dedicated solely to mushrooms.

A World War II evacuation tunnel turned into a history display of Croatian state and people.

This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.