This work of art was designed to represent the Tarpeian Way Quarry that once dominated the area.

The corner walls of a primary school showcase a Mexican version of memento mori.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

All that remains of a sugar mill destroyed during the War of Independence of 1895.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

A cemetery full of exquisite statuary, including a monument to a woman some say died of a broken heart.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

This feature of the city's aqueduct has achieved numismatic fame thanks to its appearance on Mexican banknotes.

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

This is the house that spite built.

A small plaque promises cold, hard cash in exchange for work by the famous pop artist.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

Once a year, thousands of naked cyclists flood the streets of a Seattle neighborhood.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.