Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

Mountain of unimaginable riches that bankrolled the Spanish Empire, complete with its own underworld god.

Bolivia's needle-like rock formations.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

You have to know where to look in this rather ordinary-looking square to find hints of its past as a dissidents' cemetery.

An art museum with an eclectic design and a scandalous past.

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

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

Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

This ancient Hindu temple is covered in thousands of colorful statues and has a long mythological history.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

After a 2004 tsunami, this stranded boat was left in place.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Founded during the Ayutthaya era, this unique Buddhist temple remains shipshape to this day.