A bloody history is captured in this former prison turned museum.

An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.

At the heart of an otherwise bustling city lies some oddly abandoned and ignored historical ruins.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

A surreal monument depicting a five-armed giant supporting a toppling cylinder seal.

A 2200 year old vessel may have been able to keep a charge.

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

This 23-foot-tall bear stands amid the hustle and bustle of Hamad International Airport.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

Vancouver's only resting place for the city's deceased.

This enormous photomural pays homage to Vancouver's infamous history of public activism.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

This mundane shopping plaza is named after a gruesome piece of flotsam.

Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.

A beautiful and controversial modern sculpture that alludes to the Aztec past identity of the Virgin of Guadalupe and the phenomenon of syncretism.

This singular Mexican structure is considered a masterpiece of the Tapatía architectural school.

This structure was moved nearly 40 feet while people continued working inside it.

For decades, the parade of apostles that left the Expiatory Temple of Guadalajara remained hidden inside one of the towers.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Made of granite, this is a symbol of the Inuit peoples near water that expresses abundance.

A unique spiral staircase that doesn't quite make it up to the top floor.

This is an amazing but little known tile mosaic mural that used to grace the lobby of an office building in 1958, but now can only be seen from the second floor of a Shoppers Drug Mart.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.