The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

This public elevator links the lower city to the upper city of Salvador.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.

Museum precariously perched on a massive yellow pillar.

As one of the world's largest hydroelectric dams this plant took two countries to get built.

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

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

A snake farm famous for its venemous varieties.

A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.

After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.