Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

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

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

Erected in 1697 this Philadelphia bridge is the oldest surviving roadway bridge and perhaps the oldest stone bridge in the United States.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

A favorite with sightseers, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.