This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

This church was transported brick by brick from the ruins of a 16th-century city into Panama City's current historic district.

With its vast selection of books, comics, and records, this nearly 70-year-old open-air market always rewards the patient browser.

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

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

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

A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

A snow-white church overlooking the wonderful Tyrrhenian Sea.

A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.

Venice's island of the dead.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, greets pedestrians between these narrow city streets.