These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

Outdoor escalators and art have helped change what was once a notoriously dangerous part of Medellín.

An unusual and beautiful form of mass transit serves the city's steepest neighborhoods.

In the heart of Medellín, an artsy urban complex sets the stage for demonstrations and protests.

Home to 23 voluptuous and instantly lovable sculptures by one of Latin America's most celebrated artists.

Two identical statues by Fernando Botero, one blown to pieces in a terrorist bombing, the other donated as a gift for peace.

Three hundred illuminated pillars form an “artificial forest” in Medellín.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

Pablo Neruda's custom-built lover's nest was made to remind him of the sea and named after his mistress' hair.

A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

Built for the 1962 World Cup, this fully functioning botanical clock is still ticking.

This architectural oddity is an oasis of green on the outskirts of Valencia.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.