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

Known as the site of 'El Dorado,' this mysterious lake is rumored to hold gold beneath its waters.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.

Towering high above the neighborhood of La Candelaria, the church is easily recognizable by its distinctive red-and-white striped facade.

A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.

Colombia's biggest botanical garden contains plants from all across the country.

The world's first crowdfunded skyscraper has not gone quite to plan.

Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

Every Sunday, Bogotá turns 75 miles of its city streets into a bicycle superhighway.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

This unusual monument shows a naked Simón Bolívar stripped of clothing, medals, and swords.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

Colombia's first concrete structure doubles as a replica of Versaille's Petit Trianon Belvedere and a symbol for development.

The small first-floor apartment where the author wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gone with the Wind.'

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

Erected in 1803, it is the first astronomical observatory that was built in the Americas.

The only subterranean ping pong table in Atlanta.

The world's largest ecosystem of its kind is home to South America's only native species of bear.