This singular art museum in São Paulo is unique inside and out.

This skyscraper once housed weapons during the revolution and was the scene of two brutal crimes that shocked São Paulo society.

Ella Fitzgerald, opera singer Enrico Caruso, and dancer Isadora Duncan all performed in this lavish, supposedly haunted theater.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

Nelson Mandela lived here with his family from 1946 until his arrest in 1962.

Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

This wildlife trust is dedicated to orphaned elephant rescue and conservation.

Over the course of its history, this tiny island has held enslaved people in transit and served as a quarantine zone. Today, it's a giant tortoise sanctuary.

This slowly crumbling mansion was home to one of East Africa's richest and most powerful slave traders.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

A rare memorial paying homage to an altruistic woman from the 19th-century.

A highly-criticized monument in Budapest has become the site of a makeshift Holocaust memorial.

Also known as Uncle Karl, the beloved bronze copper keeps a watchful eye on St. Stephen’s Basilica while people rub his lucky belly.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

An enigmatic mural hiding in plain sight in one of São Paulo's busiest metro stations.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.