Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This communist country can still appreciate its fragrant past.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

A safari-themed castle in the South African bush with the largest maze in the southern hemisphere.

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

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.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.