A beautiful young girl said to have been buried alive in her coffin…

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

This singular Mexican structure is considered a masterpiece of the Tapatía architectural school.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

It would take you approximately an hour and a half to walk to the end of Mexico's largest pier.

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

The most confusing clock in New York.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.