An extravagant 18th-century fountain built with bits of broken ceramic.

This French cemetery houses some of the most exquisite examples of funerary art in Mexico City.

This one-window stand has been home to a giant vat of slowly simmering meats and an array of unique tacos for almost 50 years.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

It may appear to be a fancy junk yard, but each item has a story to tell and a lesson to impart.

Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

A unique workspace where offices reside on pirate ships and inside gingerbread houses.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.

There is a small island in the Gulf of Nicoya where the only human inhabitants are dead.

Dine inside a giant caterpillar at this community-run eatery.

Balanced rock sculptures pay tribute to a murdered conservationist and his pioneer wife.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

Once the foundation for a mansion, these ruins now offer amazing panoramic coastal views.