A bronze sculpture of Lenin’s likeness outside Havana surrounded by 12 human figures in solidarity with the Bolshevik Revolution.

The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

Check out a hidden collection of vintage neon signs.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

The wood bears a hidden love note carved by a young Johnny Cash.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

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

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.