These unusual paintings give thanks to the saints and deities who granted people favors and miracles.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

The unique collection of gifts includes braids of human hair, a spoon, and a Virgin made of bread.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

This enormous photomural pays homage to Vancouver's infamous history of public activism.

Decorated by local artists, the city's utility boxes have become three-dimensional canvases.

This Canadian city is actually two-in-one, even if they only respect the timezone of one side.

Two graffiti towers stand like ghosts of Vancouver's World War II-era defensive outpost.

With its webbed walls and bright red coloring, Calgary's iconic bridge looks like a finger trap puzzle stretched across the river.