The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.

It is a 50-foot tall sculpture made of a reclaimed wind turbine wing, concrete, steel, and coins from around the world, located off the Columbia Pike in Northern Virginia suburbia.

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

This colorful boulder serves as a canvas for political statements and artistic expression.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

You’ve heard of bookworms, but this small sculpture at a university library may be the world’s first bookbee.

At this privately owned collection, conflicts are humanized through soldiers’ personal belongings.

This neighborhood was built in the golden age of Art-Decó, and its buildings are essential to understanding this style

The actual “Hotel Rwanda” that became a hiding place and refuge from the horrors of genocide in 1994.

The last remaining houses of a bygone world immortalized by John Steinbeck in his novel “Cannery Row.”

Padre Delgado, a leader in the fight for Salvadoran independence, is buried in this stunning Brutalist cathedral.

The childhood home of the award-winning novelist and short story writer.

Colombia's biggest botanical garden contains plants from all across the country.

A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.

Every Sunday, Bogotá turns 75 miles of its city streets into a bicycle superhighway.

Pilgrims each carried a brick to the top of Mount Monserrate to help build this historic sanctuary in Colombia.

The world's first crowdfunded skyscraper has not gone quite to plan.

This tiny shop has been serving traditional tamales for more than 200 years.

Cathedral carved out of salt, located a mile below the Earth's surface.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

The original shop where the iconic Belgian praline was invented.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

A full-size replica of this well-preserved temple lets you take a walk through the Mayan age.