A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

This video store is a horror buff's dream.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

The rock on which Moll Dyer was found frozen to death is said to still bear her handprint.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

This innocuous-seeming building is actually the remnant of a major wartime brothel.

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”