This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.

In the middle of one of South America's most historic walled cities lies a bar with an enormous collection of Soviet memorabilia.

The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.

Perched atop the highest hill in Cartagena, this 17th-century convent offers spectacular views of the city.

A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

An enormous Buddha peers through a gap in its ruined chamber.

An eerie abandoned gentlemen's club built for British officials during the colonial era.

A precariously perched golden rock defies gravity and brings pilgrims from across Myanmar.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.