This archaeological site features an early version of today’s refrigerators.

This 16th-century monastery was founded to cloister the daughters of wealthy local families.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.

A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.

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

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

A pretty park of over 1,600 olive trees that grew from just three saplings brought over from Spain.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

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

This Brazilian town built by Freemasons is full of colonial Masonic architecture and symbolic imagery.

Ella Fitzgerald, opera singer Enrico Caruso, and dancer Isadora Duncan all performed in this lavish, supposedly haunted theater.

This skyscraper once housed weapons during the revolution and was the scene of two brutal crimes that shocked São Paulo society.

One of São Paulo's tight urban intersections has become a haven for graffiti artists ever since a single Batman started the trend.

This singular art museum in São Paulo is unique inside and out.

This park feels like a lush little jungle full of wildlife nestled within São Paulo.

A huge boat-shaped hotel with a blood red pool and other oddities.

This somber statue remembers the enslaved women who were forced to nurse their owners' babies.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

A small but very fascinating fountain in the center of Rome with four books and a deer carved.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

The remains of this 2nd-century Roman temple are incorporated into a modern building.

A freedman baker’s lavish tomb has a relief showing various stages of Roman bread making.