This mosaic made out of books represents one of Colonial Mexico's most important literary figures.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.

Hidden in plain sight on a gable between two towers on the roof of shipping firm F. Laeisz' headquarter in Hamburg sits an unexpected bronze sculpture.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

A colossal statue of a woman hugging a modern building.

A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.

Lost subway station nestled beneath Toronto's busy commuter line.

A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats live under the bridge and take flight at sundown all summer long.

In 1703, French settlers in what is now Mobile celebrated the first Mardi Gras celebration in the United States.

Once the grandest synagogue in medieval Spain, it now stands as a memorial of the 15th-century Jewish exile.

One of Scandinavia's largest mosaics pays tribute to Danish art and science luminaries.

An echo chamber with a waterfall wrapped around its base at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.

A glimpse of the Pacific Northwest‘s indigenous culture in Washington, D.C.

This iconic neon jester is a local landmark that you might recognize from his cameos in film and television.

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.

A gift from Japan, 17th-century lantern stands among the cherry trees at D.C.'s Tidal Basin.

This log house sits in the remote Canadian wilderness, and holds a mysterious tale of the trapper who built it.