Its sunny hues are believed to have inspired the town's color palette.

Mexico City decorates its facades with extravagant floral arrangements every year.

This hotel is an amazing example of the Escuela Tapatía de Arquitectura movement.

Inside a busy metro station, an impressive mural depicts the prehispanic city of Tenochtitlán.

This laboratory has a remarkable concrete roof that measures less than an inch at its thickest point.

One of the world's richest men bought this former paper factory and transformed it into a mall.

Named after and designed by women, this unique cultural center is an early 20th-century mansion covered in a modern shell.

One of the oldest Christian churches still standing in the Americas, and almost certainly Mexico's oldest in continuous use.

This quirky collection of furniture also happens to be a public art installation.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

This glass wall is gradually filling up with paper cranes, in honor of Hiroshima’s past and dedication to its future.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

It is rumored that if you spot this little golden frog hiding in plain sight, good luck will come your way.

Hidden in the garden of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's house is a life-size figure of a cat from his famous thought experiment.

Zurich's evolution museum hosts a unique collection of skeletons among its natural history treasures.

This charming fountain honors Felix Salten, the creator of the iconic storybook deer.

Constructed along the shores of Lake Zurich, this pavilion is a walk-through work of art.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Although damaged beyond recognition, this stone god is still said to bring good luck to those who tap on him with a pebble.

This Japanese-inspired park showcases the city's peculiar trends for naming features after foreign rulers.