This giant mural of Santa Muerte in downtown São Paulo reminds passersby of their own mortality.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

Every Sunday, Bogotá turns 75 miles of its city streets into a bicycle superhighway.

A pocket of jungle amidst urban expansion in Panama.

An inspired museum dedicated to the patron saint of enslaved people, inside the cloisters where he lived and died.

An 18th-century battery complete with original kitchen and garrison.

Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

Found down a long dirt road, a sacred Mexican cenote and 18th-century hacienda remain hidden.

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

This seaside production studio was built to film 'Titanic' and has been the wet set of choice for other Hollywood productions since.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.