A labyrinthine museum chronicling the history of African culture in Brazil.

This necropolis is home to eclectic funerary art and is the final resting place for much of the city's nobility.

The pedestrian traffic signals in Brazil's teeming metropolis light up with clues to nearby landmarks.

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

In the summer, the area around this sculpture transforms into a vibrant concert venue.

Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

A tree planted by Marie Curie is treasured by the Radium institute that she set up.

A delightful museum entirely dedicated to the tiny homes of dolls.

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

This biographical museum honors the groundbreaking scientist at her birthplace in Warsaw.

A national collection of Communist-era musical posters.

After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

Touching this little fossil embedded in the wall of a grand mosque-cathedral may make your wishes come true.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

The world's largest sundial can cast a shadow more than 1,600 feet long.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

A beautiful little museum hidden away in the heart of Barcelona holds a treasure trove of Ancient Egyptian artifacts

This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

The studio of Catalonia's most famous theatrical designer remains exactly as he left it.