A display of works by one of the world masters sacred art, an 18th-century Brazilian sculptor nicknamed "the little cripple."

This giant mural of Santa Muerte in downtown São Paulo reminds passersby of their own mortality.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

A brick building in Kathmandu's Durbar Square is home to Nepal's most prominent living goddess.

An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.

The potters' quarter is packed with artists sculpting clay gods with mud from the sacred Ganges river.

The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.

This lavish estate recalls the opulent history of Calcutta.

Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

Here be dragons.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

A 300 ship graveyard - 3 still visible at low tide.

This building was designed to celebrate Italy's victory in World War I.

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.