This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

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

This slowly crumbling mansion was home to one of East Africa's richest and most powerful slave traders.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

This small roadside eatery exists in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, as the equator runs right through it.

An ancient Ethiopian cave church is endangered by the simple building of a road.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

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

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

This massive solar generating facility in the Nevada desert has been plagued by difficulties.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

A monument dedicated to the civil uprisings that took place during the Pots and Pans Revolution.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Dozens of large, brightly-colored paintings adorn the walls of the "street art capital of Iceland."

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.