Latvia’s first skyscraper, nicknamed ‘Stalin’s birthday cake.’

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

This atmospheric pre-war building is home to one of the few manually operated elevators left in Tokyo.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

Luminaries from Albert Einstein to John Lennon once had a cup of coffee at Tokyo's oldest café.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

Order your phở stir-fried, sans soup.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere opened this community-minded restaurant serving dishes from their native Burundi.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

Home to 23 voluptuous and instantly lovable sculptures by one of Latin America's most celebrated artists.

Outdoor escalators and art have helped change what was once a notoriously dangerous part of Medellín.

Two identical statues by Fernando Botero, one blown to pieces in a terrorist bombing, the other donated as a gift for peace.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

An unexpected homage to 90s celebrities hidden in a corner of Ibiza.