As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

A colossal statue with a controversial past, forgotten for more than 30 years.

This statue in Plaza San Francisco commemorates a beloved figure from 1950s Havana.

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

The history and future of cannabis.

Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.