On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

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

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

In Costa Rica's cloud forest, the roots of a woody ficus create a botanical bridge.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's 1943 book shares a surprising connection with El Salvador.

This small and often-overlooked museum holds some of Spain's finest artistic treasures.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

For decades, Puerta del Sol has been illuminated by a giant, guitar-wielding bottle of sherry.

Artist Natividad Sánchez wrote a new ending for one of Roman mythology's tragic love stories.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.