A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.

One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

These small sculptures pay homage to the lovable star of an iconic Argentine comic strip.

You have to know where to look in this rather ordinary-looking square to find hints of its past as a dissidents' cemetery.

105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.

The humble tomb of an Argentine general, hand-built by his son using stones brought down from the Andes.

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

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

A beautiful young girl said to have been buried alive in her coffin…