Spanish religion mixed with local architecture has yielded a network of churches unlike any other.

Robot jockeys ride their humped mounts to victory as part of a 21st-century twist on an ancient desert sport.

A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

An ancient burial ground believed to have been used for ritual sacrifice.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

The place to be if you love vintage Swedish cars.

The geoglyph once sported a glass bottle eye.

One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.

Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.

A vast necropolis where you'll find the elaborate mausoleums of Argentinian tango stars.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.