For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

A unique underground structure dating back to the 1st century BC.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

One of the city's most imposing Neoclassical buildings is also one of its most prestigious schools.

A hotel masquerading as a medieval castle overlooks a Mexican city.

A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

This small beach park is littered with a collection of unique driftwood sculptures.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.