The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

Russian history in San Francisco.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

Three members of Syria's ruling family entombed in quiet mountain town.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.

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

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

Daily lunch spot for many of Washington, D.C.'s cab drivers.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.