One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

This stucco building in North Africa was the first American-owned property on foreign soil.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

The remains of an encyclopedic sculpture garden later used as an internment camp.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

The walls of this small village have been turned into a living street art gallery.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

The largest Neolithic ruins in the world hide a notably clean prehistoric metropolis.

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.

Eduardo Kobra’s breathtaking 32,300-square-foot graffiti wall took over Rio’s Olympic Boulevard.

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.

An art museum with an eclectic design and a scandalous past.

An overlooked collection of over 350,000 artistic works created by psychiatric patients using art therapy.

Brazil's only museum dedicated to the art and evolution of tattoos.

Many cities have held the title, but Brazil snatched the crown from Chile in 2011.

A beautiful midcentury mural by the famed Brazilian modernist artist Emiliano Di Cavalcanti.

An enigmatic mural hiding in plain sight in one of São Paulo's busiest metro stations.

The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.