This clock was gifted to Mexico as a show of gratitude for its long history of welcoming Arab migrants.

Hidden for more than a century, the grave of the Conquistador remains forgotten behind these church walls.

An extravagant 18th-century fountain built with bits of broken ceramic.

The unique collection of gifts includes braids of human hair, a spoon, and a Virgin made of bread.

This French cemetery houses some of the most exquisite examples of funerary art in Mexico City.

This warehouse-gallery-shop hybrid showcases Mexican craftwork at its best.

A Volkswagen Beetle decorated with millions of beads connects Mexico's past and future.

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

This famous church is adorned by a mural commemorating the independence of Vatican City.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

The first Catholic church in Singapore is a Neo-Gothic colossus with a rich architectural history.

Shoes and revealing shirts are not allowed inside this giant Vietnamese Christ.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Above the heads of passersby stands a small statue commemorating soldiers from the Boer War.

In 1988, jazz legend Chet Baker fell to his death from a window of this hotel facing Amsterdam Centraal.

This vast collection of smoking pipes from across the world spans centuries.

Where royalty waits in the height of luxury.

A hidden church in a hidden courtyard tells the story of the Miracle of Amsterdam.

A collection of biblical memorabilia.