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

Brasilia's oldest newsstand is sheltered by a wish-granting tunnel-tree.

A labyrinthine museum chronicling the history of African culture in Brazil.

The pedestrian traffic signals in Brazil's teeming metropolis light up with clues to nearby landmarks.

This singular art museum in São Paulo is unique inside and out.

As one of the world's largest hydroelectric dams this plant took two countries to get built.

One of the few places in the world where visitors can walk alongside fossilized tracks from 80 different dinosaur species.

The bookstore with bookshelves built into unlikely places.

A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.

A display of works by one of the world masters sacred art, an 18th-century Brazilian sculptor nicknamed "the little cripple."

The largest open-air contemporary art center in Latin America is a unique experience in the Atlantic Forest.

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.