This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

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

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

This record setting conveyor belt system can even be seen from space.

Rocky Atlantic beach home to a stunning stone arch.

The forgotten remnants of a land-to-sea cable car that was once unique in the world.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

In Costa Rica's cloud forest, the roots of a woody ficus create a botanical bridge.

One Costa Rican island is so beset by illegal shark poachers that the local rangers have built an entire bridge with their confiscated gear .

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.