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

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

Brasilia's oldest newsstand is sheltered by a wish-granting tunnel-tree.

Deep below the dry landscape of Bahia, a cave with intense blue water to float in.

A group of abandoned factories and buildings that have been revitalized and are now used to promote culture, education, entrepreneurialism, and sustainable development.

This very ornate Victorian gateway seems completely out of place in the modern industrial city of Warrington.

Ella Fitzgerald, opera singer Enrico Caruso, and dancer Isadora Duncan all performed in this lavish, supposedly haunted theater.

Even after multiple failed attempts to be hanged, Chaguinhas was still alive, making people believe it was a miracle.

A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.

Northern Kentucky’s very own Notre Dame showcases intricate stained glass and the bones of saints.

A crew of die-hard train buffs spent decades turning a defunct stretch of railway in Oklahoma City into a museum now home to over 50 antique and restored trains.

With a design inspired by traditional Latvian textiles, this monument honors the Latvian people who suffered under Soviet occupation.

A 200-year-old collection of medical paraphernalia in a historic house.

A local museum remembers one of the worst acts of anti-Chinese violence in American history.

Many of the cottages and houses of this tiny village are adorned with a local lord's collection of saintly statues.

The former "holiday home" for monks at the Durham Cathedral.

Salina's eye-catching giant mural depicting children at play is painted atop a century-old mill elevator.

Dine on superb local staples in a converted historic church.

This impressive chasm is one of the longest natural underground cavities in the world.

Open since 1977, this small museum is filled with a lifetime of finds from a tireless traveler and collector.

An old spa town in the mountains of Romania where, according to legend, the great hero Hercules once bathed.

This fortress-like monastery is covered with intricate frescoes.

The translucent turquoise hue of these natural swimming pools comes from a high concentration of minerals.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.