It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

Now a museum, this building was once a 14th-century monastery and the place where the founder of the Dutch nation lived and was assassinated.

Invisible bridge parts the waters, invoking biblical images and preserving the ominous feel of an ancient moat.

A seven-century-old jail tells a not-so-pleasant history of crime and punishment.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

This sculpture pays homage to sailors that perished attempting to round Cape Horn.

Spanish religion mixed with local architecture has yielded a network of churches unlike any other.

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

Towns with a resource known as "white gold," valuable enough to fight a war over, now stand ghostly and empty.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

The final resting place of the liberator of Argentina is guarded around the clock by two soldiers.

The humble tomb of an Argentine general, hand-built by his son using stones brought down from the Andes.

The house of a former Argentinian president stands protected within a large glass case.

These small sculptures pay homage to the lovable star of an iconic Argentine comic strip.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

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

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

The largest crypt ever constructed in France was built in the 11th century on an ancient Druid sacred site.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

An imperial art museum offers edible versions of its most treasured displays in an on-site fine-dining restaurant.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.