Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

A no-frills, DIY nature preserve manned by a U.S. expat who has dedicated his life to turtle conservation.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

This abandoned hospital is one of the most haunted places in Costa Rica.

Once the foundation for a mansion, these ruins now offer amazing panoramic coastal views.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

Disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.

Dine inside a giant caterpillar at this community-run eatery.

A series of five defunct panopticon prisons in Cuba.

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

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

When the Cuban government seized a Trader Vic's franchise, they unknowingly led to its preservation.

A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

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

Visit the ruins of a magnificent mansion confiscated by Fidel Castro.

This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.

A cemetery full of exquisite statuary, including a monument to a woman some say died of a broken heart.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.