"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

"Unity, Creativity, Beauty."

A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

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

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

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.