Eduardo Kobra’s breathtaking 32,300-square-foot graffiti wall took over Rio’s Olympic Boulevard.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.

Dinosaurs, magic, and wonder are hidden amid the forests of Allaire State Park.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.

Beautiful stained glass depictions of the history of human flight fill this surprising chapel.

The phone booths of New York City have all but disappeared, but their remains were once found in this "graveyard," sadly now removed as well.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

Dedicated to the history and culture of smoking, this small museum now includes a vape lounge.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.