A medieval church built up to defend its village.

A small town Romanian cemetery filled with darkly humorous gravestones.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

This public elevator links the lower city to the upper city of Salvador.

The remains of Uruguayan hero José Artigas lie beneath a monument in Montevideo’s main square.

Where sweethearts leave their love locks in the Uruguayan capital.

This historic stadium was built to host the first-ever FIFA World Cup.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?

This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.

The “City of Stairs” sits high in the Andes, above the world’s largest underground copper mine.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.