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

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.

This museum covers 10,000 years of Pre-Columbian Latin American history.

This museum’s collection includes rescued birds, fine art, and a collection of shrunken heads.

This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.

A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Pre-Incan aqueduct amidst a stone forest in Peru.

The remains of Uruguayan hero José Artigas lie beneath a monument in Montevideo’s main square.

An epic sculpture depicting a wagon and straining oxen.

Where sweethearts leave their love locks in the Uruguayan capital.

The design of the Palacio Salvo has been described as "a lighthouse on top of a building."