A small museum in the Bay of Pigs gives the Cuban perspective on the famously failed U.S. invasion.

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

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Once a year in Pomuch, the dead are taken out for a cleaning.

A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

A colorful kitschy temple and floating market off the beaten path.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

An indigenous take on European design creates a stunning visual overload.

CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.