Monumental sculptures guard many of the graves, transforming this necropolis into an open-air fine art museum.

This unique Lady Liberty is one of the only examples of the figure sitting down.

A peculiarly shaped brass sculpture hidden in a courtyard in central Lviv

A fortress built to pacify local uprising that had a stint as a Nazi concentration camp before becoming a five-star hotel.

World's largest crossword puzzle spans the side of a towerblock, its clues scattered throughout the city.

Ukraine's oldest operating pharmacy now offers guests a fascinating walk through apothecary history.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

One man's fulfilled dream of living on an artificial island made of recycled plastic bottles.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."